Re: 2.6.20-rc4: null pointer deref in khubd

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Jan 11 2007 - 07:41:28 EST


Hi!

> > usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 68
> > usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 68
> > usb 2-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start
> > usb 2-1: chopping to 0 config(s)
>
> Does anybody know a legitimate reasons a device should have
> 0 configurations? Independent of the reason of this bug, should we disallow
> such devices and error out?

It is not bad device, btw, but extremely flakey connector. Bug is
random :-(, and machine is smp, so it might even be a race.

Pavel
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