From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> commit 0b818e3956fc1ad976bee791eadcbb3b5fec5bfd upstream. Attacks that trick drivers into passing a NULL pointer to usb_driver_claim_interface() using forged descriptors are known. This thwarts them by sanity checking. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <ONeukum@xxxxxxxx> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/core/driver.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c index 2cdd507..f7310dd 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c @@ -461,11 +461,15 @@ static int usb_unbind_interface(struct device *dev) int usb_driver_claim_interface(struct usb_driver *driver, struct usb_interface *iface, void *priv) { - struct device *dev = &iface->dev; + struct device *dev; struct usb_device *udev; int retval = 0; int lpm_disable_error; + if (!iface) + return -ENODEV; + + dev = &iface->dev; if (dev->driver) return -EBUSY; -- 2.8.0.rc2.1.gbe9624a -- 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