From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> 3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. =============== commit a323fefc6f5079844dc62ffeb54f491d0242ca35 upstream. Fix NULL-pointer dereference when clearing halt at open should a malicious device lack the expected endpoints when in download mode. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000030 ... [<bf011ed8>] (edge_open [io_ti]) from [<bf000118>] (serial_port_activate+0x68/0x98 [usbserial]) [<bf000118>] (serial_port_activate [usbserial]) from [<c0470ca4>] (tty_port_open+0x9c/0xe8) [<c0470ca4>] (tty_port_open) from [<bf000da0>] (serial_open+0x48/0x6c [usbserial]) [<bf000da0>] (serial_open [usbserial]) from [<c0469178>] (tty_open+0xcc/0x5cc) Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c b/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c index 0385bc4efefa..5717996cf87d 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c @@ -2409,6 +2409,13 @@ static int edge_startup(struct usb_serial *serial) struct edgeport_serial *edge_serial; int status; + /* Make sure we have the required endpoints when in download mode. */ + if (serial->interface->cur_altsetting->desc.bNumEndpoints > 1) { + if (serial->num_bulk_in < serial->num_ports || + serial->num_bulk_out < serial->num_ports) + return -ENODEV; + } + /* create our private serial structure */ edge_serial = kzalloc(sizeof(struct edgeport_serial), GFP_KERNEL); if (edge_serial == NULL) { -- 2.11.0 -- 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