This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
watchdog: pcwd_usb: 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:
watchdog-pcwd_usb-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 46c319b848268dab3f0e7c4a5b6e9146d3bca8a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:49:45 +0100
Subject: watchdog: pcwd_usb: fix NULL-deref at probe
From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 46c319b848268dab3f0e7c4a5b6e9146d3bca8a4 upstream.
Make sure to check the number of endpoints to avoid dereferencing a
NULL-pointer should a malicious device lack endpoints.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -630,6 +630,9 @@ static int usb_pcwd_probe(struct usb_int
return -ENODEV;
}
+ if (iface_desc->desc.bNumEndpoints < 1)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
/* check out the endpoint: it has to be Interrupt & IN */
endpoint = &iface_desc->endpoint[0].desc;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from johan@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/watchdog-pcwd_usb-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch