3.2.87-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 90507d54f712d81b74815ef3a4bbb555cd9fab2f upstream. Fix NULL-pointer dereference at open should the device lack a bulk-in or bulk-out endpoint: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000030 ... PC is at iuu_open+0x78/0x59c [iuu_phoenix] Fixes: 07c3b1a10016 ("USB: remove broken usb-serial num_endpoints check") Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: add this check to the existing usb_serial_driver::attach implementation] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c @@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ static int iuu_alloc_buf(struct iuu_priv static int iuu_startup(struct usb_serial *serial) { + unsigned char num_ports = serial->num_ports; struct iuu_private *priv; + + if (serial->num_bulk_in < num_ports || serial->num_bulk_out < num_ports) + return -ENODEV; + priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iuu_private), GFP_KERNEL); dbg("%s- priv allocation success", __func__); if (!priv)