Re: Fw: Oops in hidinput_hid_event

[Andrew Morton]

Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think this patch is rather obvious, so maybe I should ask Andrew to
> apply it to -mm for now, to get some testing. Would that help to verify
> it for acceptance?
> 
> -- Pete
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:00:23 -0700
> From: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: vojtech@xxxxxxx
> Cc: zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-usb-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Oops in hidinput_hid_event
> 
> Hi, Vojtech:
> 
> Someone reported a bug in Fedora, which runs a largely unmodified upstream
> kernel in this area. Whenever the user hits a key which switches LED,
> the system oopses. Here's a trace:
> 
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000c8
> EFLAGS: 00010006   (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp)
> EIP is at hidinput_hid_event+0x2d/0x292                                       
> Call Trace:           
>  [<c02872e0>] hid_process_event+0x57/0x5f
>  [<c028758a>] hid_input_field+0x2a2/0x2ac
>  [<c0287632>] hid_input_report+0x9e/0xb8
>  [<c0287f62>] hid_ctrl+0x14c/0x151
>  [<e0a21060>] uhci_destroy_urb_priv+0xb5/0x10a [uhci_hcd]
>  [<c027dab5>] usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x24/0x67
>  [<e0a22360>] uhci_finish_urb+0x2d/0x38 [uhci_hcd]
>  [<e0a223af>] uhci_finish_completion+0x44/0x56 [uhci_hcd]
>  [<e0a224a2>] uhci_scan_schedule+0xaa/0x13a [uhci_hcd]
>  [<c023413d>] i8042_interrupt+0x121/0x234
>  [<e0a226d0>] uhci_irq+0x47/0x10d [uhci_hcd]
> 
> Full trace at
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160709
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> By the way, it seems that I see a bug in hidinput_hid_event.
> The check for NULL can never work, becaue &hidinput->input
> is nonzero at all times. How about this?

Do you expect this patch:

> --- linux-2.6.12/drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c	2005-06-21 12:58:47.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.12-lem/drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c	2005-06-28 14:57:22.000000000 -0700
> @@ -397,11 +397,12 @@
>  
>  void hidinput_hid_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_field *field, struct hid_usage *usage, __s32 value, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> -	struct input_dev *input = &field->hidinput->input;
> +	struct input_dev *input;
>  	int *quirks = &hid->quirks;
>  
> -	if (!input)
> +	if (!field->hidinput)
>  		return;
> +	input = &field->hidinput->input;
>  
>  	input_regs(input, regs);

To actually fix the above oops?  It sure looks like it will.  But I worry
whether it is the correct fix?


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