4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> commit ef079936d3cd09e63612834fe2698eeada0d8e3f upstream. Fix NULL-pointer dereference in open() should a malicious device lack the expected endpoints: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000030 .. [<bf06a6b0>] (ti_open [ti_usb_3410_5052]) from [<bf02e118>] (serial_port_activate+0x68/0x98 [usbserial]) Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/ti_usb_3410_5052.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/usb/serial/ti_usb_3410_5052.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ti_usb_3410_5052.c @@ -339,6 +339,13 @@ static int ti_startup(struct usb_serial goto free_tdev; } + if (serial->num_bulk_in < serial->num_ports || + serial->num_bulk_out < serial->num_ports) { + dev_err(&serial->interface->dev, "missing endpoints\n"); + status = -ENODEV; + goto free_tdev; + } + return 0; free_tdev: -- 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