caif_usb: Check driver name before reading driver state in netdev notifier
authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Fri, 7 Dec 2012 06:17:26 +0000 (06:17 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 9 Dec 2012 05:34:02 +0000 (00:34 -0500)
In cfusbl_device_notify(), the usbnet and usbdev variables are
initialised before the driver name has been checked.  In case the
device's driver is not cdc_ncm, this may result in reading beyond the
end of the netdev private area.  Move the initialisation below the
driver name check.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/caif/caif_usb.c

index fd7cbf5aa8956732f51637eeab3f512e00743fcb..582f80c8ef3d4154948dc5a57e4d8ec3bbc6b9b4 100644 (file)
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ static int cfusbl_device_notify(struct notifier_block *me, unsigned long what,
        struct net_device *dev = arg;
        struct caif_dev_common common;
        struct cflayer *layer, *link_support;
-       struct usbnet   *usbnet = netdev_priv(dev);
-       struct usb_device       *usbdev = usbnet->udev;
+       struct usbnet *usbnet;
+       struct usb_device *usbdev;
        struct ethtool_drvinfo drvinfo;
 
        /*
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ static int cfusbl_device_notify(struct notifier_block *me, unsigned long what,
        if (strncmp(drvinfo.driver, "cdc_ncm", 7) != 0)
                return 0;
 
+       usbnet = netdev_priv(dev);
+       usbdev = usbnet->udev;
+
        pr_debug("USB CDC NCM device VID:0x%4x PID:0x%4x\n",
                le16_to_cpu(usbdev->descriptor.idVendor),
                le16_to_cpu(usbdev->descriptor.idProduct));