ath10k: Fix a NULL-ptr-deref bug in ath10k_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe
authorHui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Sat, 19 Oct 2019 11:42:23 +0000 (14:42 +0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 1 Dec 2019 08:17:35 +0000 (09:17 +0100)
commitf0cfe98332d650f31b462207d63c496b4cedaee2
treef7601dc50737ef84e4c669799d35fcdb698dde58
parent4ae7392ab6f457b8d695df271d9344f54a326077
ath10k: Fix a NULL-ptr-deref bug in ath10k_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe

commit bfd6e6e6c5d2ee43a3d9902b36e01fc7527ebb27 upstream.

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>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
[groeck: Add driver tag to subject, fix build warning]
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c