3.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> commit 72ea18a558ed7a63a50bb121ba60d73b5b38ae30 upstream. The read_mos_reg function is called with stack-allocated buffers, which must not be used for control messages. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c @@ -228,11 +228,22 @@ static int read_mos_reg(struct usb_seria __u8 requesttype = (__u8)0xc0; __u16 index = get_reg_index(reg); __u16 value = get_reg_value(reg, serial_portnum); - int status = usb_control_msg(usbdev, pipe, request, requesttype, value, - index, data, 1, MOS_WDR_TIMEOUT); - if (status < 0) + u8 *buf; + int status; + + buf = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!buf) + return -ENOMEM; + + status = usb_control_msg(usbdev, pipe, request, requesttype, value, + index, buf, 1, MOS_WDR_TIMEOUT); + if (status == 1) + *data = *buf; + else if (status < 0) dev_err(&usbdev->dev, "mos7720: usb_control_msg() failed: %d", status); + kfree(buf); + return status; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html