Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] USB: serial: Add boundry check for read_urbs array access

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Am Mittwoch, den 07.03.2018, 13:41 -0800 schrieb sathyanarayanan
kuppuswamy       :
> 
> On 03/07/2018 12:58 PM, Greg KH wrote:

> > So I don't see why your check is needed, what other code path would ever
> > call this function in a way that the bounds check would be needed?
> void usb_serial_generic_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
> 
> 385         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(port->read_urbs); ++i) {
> 386                 if (urb == port->read_urbs[i])
> 387                         break;
> 388         }
> 
> In here, after this for loop is done (without any matching urb), i value 
> will be equal to ARRAY_SIZE(port->read_urbs). So there is a possibility 
> of usb_serial_generic_submit_read_urb() getting called with this invalid 
> index.

If this happens the function was called for a stray URB.
Your check comes to late. We have called set_bit with an invalid index
and other shit.
We definitely do not just want to return an error in that case.

	Regards
		Oliver

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