[PATCH 1/2] HID: hidraw, fix a NULL pointer dereference in hidraw_ioctl

From: Antonio Ospite
Date: Tue Oct 05 2010 - 11:21:29 EST


BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000028
IP: [<ffffffffa02c66b4>] hidraw_ioctl+0xfc/0x32c [hid]
[...]

This is reproducible by disconnecting the device while userspace does
ioctl in a loop and doesn't check return values in order to exit the
loop, like in the following test program:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int fd = -1;
unsigned char name[256];
int ret;

if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s </dev/hidrawX>\n", argv[0]);
exit(1);
}

fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR);
if (fd < 0) {
perror("hidraw open");
exit(1);
}

while (1) {
ret = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRAWNAME(256), name);
printf("ret: %d name: %s\n", ret, name);
}

close(fd);
exit(0);
}

Signed-off-by: Antonio Ospite <ospite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
index 47d70c5..9eaf6ae 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ static long hidraw_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,

mutex_lock(&minors_lock);
dev = hidraw_table[minor];
+ if (!dev) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;
+ goto out;
+ }

switch (cmd) {
case HIDIOCGRDESCSIZE:
@@ -317,6 +321,7 @@ static long hidraw_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,

ret = -ENOTTY;
}
+out:
mutex_unlock(&minors_lock);
return ret;
}
--
1.7.1

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