[PATCH 4.4 21/92] rtl818x: fix potential use after free

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Dec 04 2019 - 12:57:57 EST


From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit afbb1947db94eacc5a13302eee88a9772fb78935 ]

entry is released via usb_put_urb just after calling usb_submit_urb.
However, entry is used if the submission fails, resulting in a use after
free bug. The patch fixes this.

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
ACKed-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
index b3691712df610..60e77eaa4ce94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
@@ -446,12 +446,13 @@ static int rtl8187_init_urbs(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
skb_queue_tail(&priv->rx_queue, skb);
usb_anchor_urb(entry, &priv->anchored);
ret = usb_submit_urb(entry, GFP_KERNEL);
- usb_put_urb(entry);
if (ret) {
skb_unlink(skb, &priv->rx_queue);
usb_unanchor_urb(entry);
+ usb_put_urb(entry);
goto err;
}
+ usb_put_urb(entry);
}
return ret;

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2.20.1