[PATCH 4.10 60/62] net: can: usb: gs_usb: Fix buffer on stack

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 01 2017 - 17:36:57 EST


4.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@xxxxxxxxx>

commit b05c73bd1e3ec60357580eb042ee932a5ed754d5 upstream.

Allocate buffers on HEAP instead of STACK for local structures
that are to be sent using usb_control_msg().

Signed-off-by: Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
@@ -740,13 +740,18 @@ static const struct net_device_ops gs_us
static int gs_usb_set_identify(struct net_device *netdev, bool do_identify)
{
struct gs_can *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
- struct gs_identify_mode imode;
+ struct gs_identify_mode *imode;
int rc;

+ imode = kmalloc(sizeof(*imode), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (!imode)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
if (do_identify)
- imode.mode = GS_CAN_IDENTIFY_ON;
+ imode->mode = GS_CAN_IDENTIFY_ON;
else
- imode.mode = GS_CAN_IDENTIFY_OFF;
+ imode->mode = GS_CAN_IDENTIFY_OFF;

rc = usb_control_msg(interface_to_usbdev(dev->iface),
usb_sndctrlpipe(interface_to_usbdev(dev->iface),
@@ -756,10 +761,12 @@ static int gs_usb_set_identify(struct ne
USB_RECIP_INTERFACE,
dev->channel,
0,
- &imode,
- sizeof(imode),
+ imode,
+ sizeof(*imode),
100);

+ kfree(imode);
+
return (rc > 0) ? 0 : rc;
}