staging: comedi: check s->async for poll(), read() and write()
authorIan Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:50:40 +0000 (12:50 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 5 Feb 2013 19:23:32 +0000 (11:23 -0800)
commitcc400e185c07c15a42d2635995f422de5b94b696
tree101b8c0466ace7355e678331e2041afdded61908
parent4a79f730179061c54d5c4ce1b59c1babbb05912f
staging: comedi: check s->async for poll(), read() and write()

Some low-level comedi drivers (incorrectly) point `dev->read_subdev` or
`dev->write_subdev` to a subdevice that does not support asynchronous
commands.  Comedi's poll(), read() and write() file operation handlers
assume these subdevices do support asynchronous commands.  In
particular, they assume `s->async` is valid (where `s` points to the
read or write subdevice), which it won't be if it has been set
incorrectly.  This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

Check `s->async` is non-NULL in `comedi_poll()`, `comedi_read()` and
`comedi_write()` to avoid the bug.

Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c