From de0784bdf6314b70c69416d8c576eb83237d5b1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Neukum Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:26:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] usb_driver_claim_interface: add sanity checking Attacks that trick drivers into passing a NULL pointer to usb_driver_claim_interface() using forged descriptors are known. This thwarts them by sanity checking. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum CC: stable@vger.kernel.org --- drivers/usb/core/driver.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c index 6b5063e7943f..e2d242b68d4b 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c @@ -500,11 +500,15 @@ static int usb_unbind_interface(struct device *dev) int usb_driver_claim_interface(struct usb_driver *driver, struct usb_interface *iface, void *priv) { - struct device *dev = &iface->dev; + struct device *dev; struct usb_device *udev; int retval = 0; int lpm_disable_error; + if (!iface) + return -ENODEV; + + dev = &iface->dev; if (dev->driver) return -EBUSY; -- 2.5.0