On 08/16/2016 06:04 PM, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:47:44AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Aug 2016, Binyamin Sharet wrote:
>>
>>> Kernel version: raspberrypi 4.4.6-v7+ #871
>>> Driver source file: drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c
>>> Umap2 command line: umap2vsscan -P <PHY> -s 05c5:0002
>>>
>>> After connecting such a device, NULL pointer dereference in the kernel.
>>>
>>> Binyamin Sharet
>>> Cisco, STARE-C
>>>
>>> << Attached: 05c5_0002_dmesg.log >>
>> This looks like a bug in the digi_acceleport driver. digi_startup()
>> does this:
>>
>> serial_priv->ds_oob_port_num = serial->type->num_ports;
>> serial_priv->ds_oob_port = serial->port[serial_priv->ds_oob_port_num];
>>
>> Even without knowing exactly what this is supposed to be doing, one
>> gets the definite impression that the first line should be:
>>
>> serial_priv->ds_oob_port_num = serial->type->num_ports - 1;
>>
>> Johan?
> The out-of-band port is not included in num_ports so that should not be
> the issue here. The missing sanity checks for the endpoint layout were
> only recently added by
>
> 5a07975ad0a3 ("USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the
> number of ports")
>
> however, even if it has been included in 4.4-stable since 4.4.7.
>
> Binyamin, could you rerun your tests on the latest 4.4-stable kernel to
> make sure you're not reporting already fixed issues?
>
> Thanks,
> Johan
I will do that, but it will take some time. I'm setting up a machine
to use with an up to date kernel.
Binyamin Sharet
Cisco, STARE-C
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