Allocate buffers on HEAP instead of STACK for local structures
that are to be received using usb_control_msg().

Signed-off-by: Maksim Salau <maksim.sa...@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Alfredo Rafael Vicente Boix <alvi...@gmail.com>
Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
---

 Changes in v2:
 * made checkpatch happy with the format string passed to dev_info
   in tower_probe() (merged two parts into a single string literal);
 * changed commit message to better reflect location of the module;
   was: USB: legousbtower: Fix buffers on stack;
 * added Tested-by: Alfredo Rafael Vicente Boix <alvi...@gmail.com>
   and Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org

 drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
index b10e26c..ed1999e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
@@ -317,9 +317,16 @@ static int tower_open (struct inode *inode, struct file 
*file)
        int subminor;
        int retval = 0;
        struct usb_interface *interface;
-       struct tower_reset_reply reset_reply;
+       struct tower_reset_reply *reset_reply = NULL;
        int result;
 
+       reset_reply = kmalloc(sizeof(*reset_reply), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+       if (!reset_reply) {
+               retval = -ENOMEM;
+               goto exit;
+       }
+
        nonseekable_open(inode, file);
        subminor = iminor(inode);
 
@@ -364,8 +371,8 @@ static int tower_open (struct inode *inode, struct file 
*file)
                                  USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_DIR_IN | 
USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
                                  0,
                                  0,
-                                 &reset_reply,
-                                 sizeof(reset_reply),
+                                 reset_reply,
+                                 sizeof(*reset_reply),
                                  1000);
        if (result < 0) {
                dev_err(&dev->udev->dev,
@@ -406,6 +413,7 @@ static int tower_open (struct inode *inode, struct file 
*file)
        mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 
 exit:
+       kfree(reset_reply);
        return retval;
 }
 
@@ -808,7 +816,7 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_interface *interface, 
const struct usb_device
        struct lego_usb_tower *dev = NULL;
        struct usb_host_interface *iface_desc;
        struct usb_endpoint_descriptor* endpoint;
-       struct tower_get_version_reply get_version_reply;
+       struct tower_get_version_reply *get_version_reply = NULL;
        int i;
        int retval = -ENOMEM;
        int result;
@@ -886,6 +894,13 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_interface *interface, 
const struct usb_device
        dev->interrupt_in_interval = interrupt_in_interval ? 
interrupt_in_interval : dev->interrupt_in_endpoint->bInterval;
        dev->interrupt_out_interval = interrupt_out_interval ? 
interrupt_out_interval : dev->interrupt_out_endpoint->bInterval;
 
+       get_version_reply = kmalloc(sizeof(*get_version_reply), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+       if (!get_version_reply) {
+               retval = -ENOMEM;
+               goto error;
+       }
+
        /* get the firmware version and log it */
        result = usb_control_msg (udev,
                                  usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, 0),
@@ -893,18 +908,19 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_interface *interface, 
const struct usb_device
                                  USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_DIR_IN | 
USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
                                  0,
                                  0,
-                                 &get_version_reply,
-                                 sizeof(get_version_reply),
+                                 get_version_reply,
+                                 sizeof(*get_version_reply),
                                  1000);
        if (result < 0) {
                dev_err(idev, "LEGO USB Tower get version control request 
failed\n");
                retval = result;
                goto error;
        }
-       dev_info(&interface->dev, "LEGO USB Tower firmware version is %d.%d "
-                "build %d\n", get_version_reply.major,
-                get_version_reply.minor,
-                le16_to_cpu(get_version_reply.build_no));
+       dev_info(&interface->dev,
+                "LEGO USB Tower firmware version is %d.%d build %d\n",
+                get_version_reply->major,
+                get_version_reply->minor,
+                le16_to_cpu(get_version_reply->build_no));
 
        /* we can register the device now, as it is ready */
        usb_set_intfdata (interface, dev);
@@ -928,6 +944,7 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_interface *interface, 
const struct usb_device
        return retval;
 
 error:
+       kfree(get_version_reply);
        tower_delete(dev);
        return retval;
 }
-- 
2.9.3

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