Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 11:06:05AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 08:31:01PM -0400, Hui Peng wrote:
>> >> The `ar_usb` field of `ath10k_usb_pipe_usb_pipe` objects
>> >> are initialized to point to the containing `ath10k_usb` object
>> >> according to endpoint descriptors read from the device side, as shown
>> >> below in `ath10k_usb_setup_pipe_resources`:
>> >>
>> >> for (i = 0; i < iface_desc->desc.bNumEndpoints; ++i) {
>> >> endpoint = &iface_desc->endpoint[i].desc;
>> >>
>> >> // get the address from endpoint descriptor
>> >> pipe_num = ath10k_usb_get_logical_pipe_num(ar_usb,
>> >> endpoint->bEndpointAddress,
>> >> &urbcount);
>> >> ......
>> >> // select the pipe object
>> >> pipe = &ar_usb->pipes[pipe_num];
>> >>
>> >> // initialize the ar_usb field
>> >> pipe->ar_usb = ar_usb;
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> The driver assumes that the addresses reported in endpoint
>> >> descriptors from device side to be complete. If a device is
>> >> malicious and does not report complete addresses, it may trigger
>> >> NULL-ptr-deref `ath10k_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe` and
>> >> `ath10k_usb_free_urb_to_pipe`.
>> >>
>> >> This patch fixes the bug by preventing potential NULL-ptr-deref.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Reported-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Reported-by: Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > This patch fixes CVE-2019-15099, which has CVSS scores of 7.5 (CVSS 3.0)
>> > and 7.8 (CVSS 2.0). Yet, I don't find it in the upstream kernel or in Linux
>> > next.
>> >
>> > Is the patch going to be applied to the upstream kernel anytime soon ?
>>
>> Same answer as in patch 1:
>>
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11074655/
>>
>
> Sorry to bring this up again. The ath6k patch made it into the upstream
> kernel, but the ath10k patch didn't. Did it get lost, or was there a
> reason not to apply this patch ?
This patch had a build warning, you can see it from patchwork:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11074657/
Can someone fix it and resend the patch, please?
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