[PATCH] USB: core: prevent malicious bNumInterfaces overflow

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A malicious USB device with crafted descriptors can cause the kernel
to access unallocated memory by setting the bNumInterfaces value too
high in a configuration descriptor.  Although the value is adjusted
during parsing, this adjustment is skipped in one of the error return
paths.

This patch prevents the problem by setting bNumInterfaces to 0
initially.  The existing code already sets it to the proper value
after parsing is complete.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---


[as1855]


 drivers/usb/core/config.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: usb-4.x/drivers/usb/core/config.c
===================================================================
--- usb-4.x.orig/drivers/usb/core/config.c
+++ usb-4.x/drivers/usb/core/config.c
@@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ static int usb_parse_configuration(struc
 	unsigned iad_num = 0;
 
 	memcpy(&config->desc, buffer, USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE);
+	nintf = nintf_orig = config->desc.bNumInterfaces;
+	config->desc.bNumInterfaces = 0;	// Adjusted later
+
 	if (config->desc.bDescriptorType != USB_DT_CONFIG ||
 	    config->desc.bLength < USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE ||
 	    config->desc.bLength > size) {
@@ -568,7 +571,6 @@ static int usb_parse_configuration(struc
 	buffer += config->desc.bLength;
 	size -= config->desc.bLength;
 
-	nintf = nintf_orig = config->desc.bNumInterfaces;
 	if (nintf > USB_MAXINTERFACES) {
 		dev_warn(ddev, "config %d has too many interfaces: %d, "
 		    "using maximum allowed: %d\n",

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