This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled USB: wusbcore: fix NULL-deref at probe to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: usb-wusbcore-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 03ace948a4eb89d1cf51c06afdfc41ebca5fdb27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:47:51 +0100 Subject: USB: wusbcore: fix NULL-deref at probe From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 03ace948a4eb89d1cf51c06afdfc41ebca5fdb27 upstream. Make sure to check the number of endpoints to avoid dereferencing a NULL-pointer or accessing memory beyond the endpoint array should a malicious device lack the expected endpoints. This specifically fixes the NULL-pointer dereference when probing HWA HC devices. Fixes: df3654236e31 ("wusb: add the Wire Adapter (WA) core") Cc: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky.perez-gonzalez@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/wusbcore/wa-hc.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/wa-hc.c +++ b/drivers/usb/wusbcore/wa-hc.c @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ int wa_create(struct wahc *wa, struct us int result; struct device *dev = &iface->dev; + if (iface->cur_altsetting->desc.bNumEndpoints < 3) + return -ENODEV; + result = wa_rpipes_create(wa); if (result < 0) goto error_rpipes_create; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from johan@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/usb-serial-option-add-quectel-uc15-uc20-ec21-and-ec25-modems.patch queue-4.9/input-ims-pcu-validate-number-of-endpoints-before-using-them.patch queue-4.9/usb-usbtmc-add-missing-endpoint-sanity-check.patch queue-4.9/input-cm109-validate-number-of-endpoints-before-using-them.patch queue-4.9/input-iforce-validate-number-of-endpoints-before-using-them.patch queue-4.9/mmc-ushc-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch queue-4.9/input-kbtab-validate-number-of-endpoints-before-using-them.patch queue-4.9/usb-usbtmc-fix-probe-error-path.patch queue-4.9/input-sur40-validate-number-of-endpoints-before-using-them.patch queue-4.9/uwb-i1480-dfu-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch queue-4.9/input-hanwang-validate-number-of-endpoints-before-using-them.patch queue-4.9/usb-idmouse-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch queue-4.9/uwb-hwa-rc-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch queue-4.9/usb-lvtest-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch queue-4.9/input-yealink-validate-number-of-endpoints-before-using-them.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-qcserial-add-dell-dw5811e.patch queue-4.9/usb-uss720-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch queue-4.9/usb-wusbcore-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch