[PATCH 3.2 064/115] USB: mct_u232: add sanity checking in probe

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Tue Apr 26 2016 - 19:25:21 EST


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

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From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>

commit 4e9a0b05257f29cf4b75f3209243ed71614d062e upstream.

An attack using the lack of sanity checking in probe is known. This
patch checks for the existence of a second port.

CVE-2016-3136

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <ONeukum@xxxxxxxx>
[johan: add error message ]
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: put the check in mct_u232_startup(), which already
has a 'serial' variable]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c
@@ -443,6 +443,12 @@ static int mct_u232_startup(struct usb_s
struct mct_u232_private *priv;
struct usb_serial_port *port, *rport;

+ /* check first to simplify error handling */
+ if (!serial->port[1] || !serial->port[1]->interrupt_in_urb) {
+ dev_err(&port->dev, "expected endpoint missing\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mct_u232_private), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!priv)
return -ENOMEM;