From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>,
Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@nebelwelt.net>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix a NULL-ptr-deref bug in ath6kl_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 06:23:55 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190904062400.80882614BF@smtp.codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190804002905.11292-1-benquike@gmail.com>
Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com> wrote:
> The `ar_usb` field of `ath6kl_usb_pipe_usb_pipe` objects
> are initialized to point to the containing `ath6kl_usb` object
> according to endpoint descriptors read from the device side, as shown
> below in `ath6kl_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 = ath6kl_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 `ath6kl_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe` and
> `ath6kl_usb_free_urb_to_pipe`.
>
> This patch fixes the bug by preventing potential NULL-ptr-deref
> (CVE-2019-15098).
>
> Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@nebelwelt.net>
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
39d170b3cb62 ath6kl: fix a NULL-ptr-deref bug in ath6kl_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe()
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11074655/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-04 6:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-04 0:29 [PATCH 1/2] Fix a NULL-ptr-deref bug in ath6kl_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe Hui Peng
2019-08-10 10:13 ` Greg KH
2019-08-31 18:02 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-09-01 7:55 ` Kalle Valo
[not found] ` <CAKpmkkXyhuTviRfJG9dG-=Pt0KKdoHaxhXdvW9tSadOoKfnP1w@mail.gmail.com>
2019-09-01 7:58 ` Kalle Valo
2019-09-04 6:23 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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