If the hub_configure() fails after setting the hdev->maxchild the hub->ports might be NULL or point to uninitialized kzallocated memory causing NULL pointer dereference in hub_quiesce() during cleanup. Now after such error the hdev->maxchild is set to 0 to avoid cleanup of uninitialized ports. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c index 558313d..affed11 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c @@ -1568,6 +1568,7 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub *hub, return 0; fail: + hdev->maxchild = 0; dev_err (hub_dev, "config failed, %s (err %d)\n", message, ret); /* hub_disconnect() frees urb and descriptor */ -- 1.8.4.rc4.527.g303b16c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
