Ignoring usb_hub_create_port_device() errors cause later NULL pointer deference when uninitialized hub->ports[i] entries are dereferenced after port memory allocation error. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c index affed11..292ffa8 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c @@ -1557,10 +1557,15 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub *hub, if (hub->has_indicators && blinkenlights) hub->indicator [0] = INDICATOR_CYCLE; - for (i = 0; i < hdev->maxchild; i++) - if (usb_hub_create_port_device(hub, i + 1) < 0) + for (i = 0; i < hdev->maxchild; i++) { + ret = usb_hub_create_port_device(hub, i + 1); + if (ret < 0) { dev_err(hub->intfdev, "couldn't create port%d device.\n", i + 1); + hdev->maxchild = i; + goto fail_keep_maxchild; + } + } usb_hub_adjust_deviceremovable(hdev, hub->descriptor); @@ -1569,6 +1574,7 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub *hub, fail: hdev->maxchild = 0; +fail_keep_maxchild: 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