Re: [PATCH] ar5523: check endpoints type and direction in probe()

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Aug 24 2022 - 02:04:50 EST


On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 01:24:38AM +0300, Mazin Al Haddad wrote:
> Fixes a bug reported by syzbot, where a warning occurs in usb_submit_urb()
> due to the wrong endpoint type. There is no check for both the number
> of endpoints and the type which causes an error as the code tries to
> send a URB to the wrong endpoint.
>
> Fix it by adding a check for the number of endpoints and the
> direction/type of the endpoints. If the endpoints do not match the
> expected configuration -ENODEV is returned.
>
> Syzkaller report:
>
> usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 3 != type 1
> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 71 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:502 usb_submit_urb+0xed2/0x18a0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:502
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 1 PID: 71 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc7-syzkaller-00150-g32f02a211b0a #0
> Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/29/2022
> Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> ar5523_cmd+0x420/0x790 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c:275
> ar5523_cmd_read drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c:302 [inline]
> ar5523_host_available drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c:1376 [inline]
> ar5523_probe+0xc66/0x1da0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c:1655
>
>
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1bc2c2afd44f820a669f
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+1bc2c2afd44f820a669f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Mazin Al Haddad <mazinalhaddad05@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
> index 6f937d2cc126..5451bf9ab9fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
> @@ -1581,8 +1581,39 @@ static int ar5523_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
> struct usb_device *dev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
> struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
> struct ar5523 *ar;
> + struct usb_host_interface *host = intf->cur_altsetting;
> int error = -ENOMEM;
>
> + if (host->desc.bNumEndpoints != 4) {
> + dev_err(&dev->dev, "Wrong number of endpoints\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> +
> + for (int i = 0; i < host->desc.bNumEndpoints; ++i) {
> + struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *ep = &host->endpoint[i].desc;
> + // Check for type of endpoint and direction.
> + switch (i) {
> + case 0:
> + case 1:
> + if ((ep->bEndpointAddress & USB_DIR_OUT) &&
> + ((ep->bmAttributes & USB_ENDPOINT_XFERTYPE_MASK)
> + == USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_BULK)){

Did you run your change through checkpatch?

> + dev_err(&dev->dev, "Wrong type of endpoints\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> + break;
> + case 2:
> + case 3:
> + if ((ep->bEndpointAddress & USB_DIR_IN) &&
> + ((ep->bmAttributes & USB_ENDPOINT_XFERTYPE_MASK)
> + == USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_BULK)){
> + dev_err(&dev->dev, "Wrong type of endpoints\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> + break;
> + }

We have usb helper functions for all of this, why not use them instead
of attempting to roll your own?

thanks,

greg k-h