Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix a NULL-ptr-deref bug in ath10k_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe

From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>,
	davem@davemloft.net, Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@nebelwelt.net>,
	ath10k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix a NULL-ptr-deref bug in ath10k_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:58:32 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zkmxz6f.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191018040530.GA28167@roeck-us.net> (Guenter Roeck's message of "Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:05:30 -0700")

Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> writes:

> On Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 11:06:05AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> writes:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 08:31:01PM -0400, Hui Peng wrote:
>> >> The `ar_usb` field of `ath10k_usb_pipe_usb_pipe` objects
>> >> are initialized to point to the containing `ath10k_usb` object
>> >> according to endpoint descriptors read from the device side, as shown
>> >> below in `ath10k_usb_setup_pipe_resources`:
>> >> 
>> >> for (i = 0; i < iface_desc->desc.bNumEndpoints; ++i) {
>> >>         endpoint = &iface_desc->endpoint[i].desc;
>> >> 
>> >>         // get the address from endpoint descriptor
>> >>         pipe_num = ath10k_usb_get_logical_pipe_num(ar_usb,
>> >>                                                 endpoint->bEndpointAddress,
>> >>                                                 &urbcount);
>> >>         ......
>> >>         // select the pipe object
>> >>         pipe = &ar_usb->pipes[pipe_num];
>> >> 
>> >>         // initialize the ar_usb field
>> >>         pipe->ar_usb = ar_usb;
>> >> }
>> >> 
>> >> The driver assumes that the addresses reported in endpoint
>> >> descriptors from device side  to be complete. If a device is
>> >> malicious and does not report complete addresses, it may trigger
>> >> NULL-ptr-deref `ath10k_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe` and
>> >> `ath10k_usb_free_urb_to_pipe`.
>> >> 
>> >> This patch fixes the bug by preventing potential NULL-ptr-deref.
>> >> 
>> >> Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
>> >> Reported-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
>> >> Reported-by: Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@nebelwelt.net>
>> >
>> > This patch fixes CVE-2019-15099, which has CVSS scores of 7.5 (CVSS 3.0)
>> > and 7.8 (CVSS 2.0). Yet, I don't find it in the upstream kernel or in Linux
>> > next.
>> >
>> > Is the patch going to be applied to the upstream kernel anytime soon ?
>> 
>> Same answer as in patch 1:
>> 
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11074655/
>> 
>
> Sorry to bring this up again. The ath6k patch made it into the upstream
> kernel, but the ath10k patch didn't. Did it get lost, or was there a
> reason not to apply this patch ?

This patch had a build warning, you can see it from patchwork:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11074657/

Can someone fix it and resend the patch, please?

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