The driver was issuing synchronous uninterruptible control requests
without using a timeout. This could lead to the driver hanging
on open() or tiocmset() due to a malfunctioning (or malicious) device
until the device is physically disconnected.
The USB upper limit of five seconds per request should be more than
enough.
Fixes: 309a057932ab ("USB: opticon: add rts and cts support")
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 2.6.39
Cc: Martin Jansen <martin.jansen@opticon.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
retval = usb_control_msg(serial->dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(serial->dev, 0),
requesttype,
USB_DIR_OUT|USB_TYPE_VENDOR|USB_RECIP_INTERFACE,
- 0, 0, buffer, 1, 0);
+ 0, 0, buffer, 1, USB_CTRL_SET_TIMEOUT);
kfree(buffer);
if (retval < 0)