On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 09:27:42AM +0800, Peter Chen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 02:25:13PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > A malicious USB device with crafted descriptors can cause the kernel
> > to access unallocated memory by setting the bNumInterfaces value too
> > high in a configuration descriptor.  Although the value is adjusted
> > during parsing, this adjustment is skipped in one of the error return
> > paths.
> > 
> > This patch prevents the problem by setting bNumInterfaces to 0
> > initially.  The existing code already sets it to the proper value
> > after parsing is complete.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <st...@rowland.harvard.edu>
> > Reported-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyk...@google.com>
> > CC: <sta...@vger.kernel.org>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > 
> > [as1855]
> > 
> > 
> >  drivers/usb/core/config.c |    4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > Index: usb-4.x/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- usb-4.x.orig/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> > +++ usb-4.x/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> > @@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ static int usb_parse_configuration(struc
> >     unsigned iad_num = 0;
> >  
> >     memcpy(&config->desc, buffer, USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE);
> > +   nintf = nintf_orig = config->desc.bNumInterfaces;
> > +   config->desc.bNumInterfaces = 0;        // Adjusted later
> > +
> 
> The comment format?

Is fine, I've given up that fight :)

greg k-h
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