[PATCH 3.2 057/149] HID: check for NULL field when setting values

[Ben Hutchings]

3.2.52-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit be67b68d52fa28b9b721c47bb42068f0c1214855 upstream.

Defensively check that the field to be worked on is not NULL.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -994,7 +994,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_output_report);
 
 int hid_set_field(struct hid_field *field, unsigned offset, __s32 value)
 {
-	unsigned size = field->report_size;
+	unsigned size;
+
+	if (!field)
+		return -1;
+
+	size = field->report_size;
 
 	hid_dump_input(field->report->device, field->usage + offset, value);
 

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