3.8.13.10 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 1e87a2456b0227ca4ab881e19a11bb99d164e792 upstream. A HID device could send a malicious output report that would cause the picolcd HID driver to trigger a NULL dereference during attr file writing. [jkosina@xxxxxxx: changed report->maxfield < 1 to report->maxfield != 1 as suggested by Bruno]. CVE-2013-2899 Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c index 86df26e..775252d 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static ssize_t picolcd_operation_mode_store(struct device *dev, buf += 10; cnt -= 10; } - if (!report) + if (!report || report->maxfield != 1) return -EINVAL; while (cnt > 0 && (buf[cnt-1] == '\n' || buf[cnt-1] == '\r')) -- 1.8.1.2 -- 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