Patch "usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix buffers on stack" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix buffers on stack

to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     usb-misc-legousbtower-fix-buffers-on-stack.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From 942a48730faf149ccbf3e12ac718aee120bb3529 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 22:49:21 +0300
Subject: usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix buffers on stack

From: Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@gmail.com>

commit 942a48730faf149ccbf3e12ac718aee120bb3529 upstream.

Allocate buffers on HEAP instead of STACK for local structures
that are to be received using usb_control_msg().

Signed-off-by: Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Alfredo Rafael Vicente Boix <alviboi@gmail.com>;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
@@ -317,9 +317,16 @@ static int tower_open (struct inode *ino
 	int subminor;
 	int retval = 0;
 	struct usb_interface *interface;
-	struct tower_reset_reply reset_reply;
+	struct tower_reset_reply *reset_reply;
 	int result;
 
+	reset_reply = kmalloc(sizeof(*reset_reply), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!reset_reply) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
 	nonseekable_open(inode, file);
 	subminor = iminor(inode);
 
@@ -364,8 +371,8 @@ static int tower_open (struct inode *ino
 				  USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_DIR_IN | USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
 				  0,
 				  0,
-				  &reset_reply,
-				  sizeof(reset_reply),
+				  reset_reply,
+				  sizeof(*reset_reply),
 				  1000);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		dev_err(&dev->udev->dev,
@@ -406,6 +413,7 @@ unlock_exit:
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 
 exit:
+	kfree(reset_reply);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -808,7 +816,7 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_inter
 	struct lego_usb_tower *dev = NULL;
 	struct usb_host_interface *iface_desc;
 	struct usb_endpoint_descriptor* endpoint;
-	struct tower_get_version_reply get_version_reply;
+	struct tower_get_version_reply *get_version_reply = NULL;
 	int i;
 	int retval = -ENOMEM;
 	int result;
@@ -898,6 +906,13 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_inter
 	dev->interrupt_in_interval = interrupt_in_interval ? interrupt_in_interval : dev->interrupt_in_endpoint->bInterval;
 	dev->interrupt_out_interval = interrupt_out_interval ? interrupt_out_interval : dev->interrupt_out_endpoint->bInterval;
 
+	get_version_reply = kmalloc(sizeof(*get_version_reply), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!get_version_reply) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	/* get the firmware version and log it */
 	result = usb_control_msg (udev,
 				  usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, 0),
@@ -905,18 +920,19 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_inter
 				  USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_DIR_IN | USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
 				  0,
 				  0,
-				  &get_version_reply,
-				  sizeof(get_version_reply),
+				  get_version_reply,
+				  sizeof(*get_version_reply),
 				  1000);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		dev_err(idev, "LEGO USB Tower get version control request failed\n");
 		retval = result;
 		goto error;
 	}
-	dev_info(&interface->dev, "LEGO USB Tower firmware version is %d.%d "
-		 "build %d\n", get_version_reply.major,
-		 get_version_reply.minor,
-		 le16_to_cpu(get_version_reply.build_no));
+	dev_info(&interface->dev,
+		 "LEGO USB Tower firmware version is %d.%d build %d\n",
+		 get_version_reply->major,
+		 get_version_reply->minor,
+		 le16_to_cpu(get_version_reply->build_no));
 
 	/* we can register the device now, as it is ready */
 	usb_set_intfdata (interface, dev);
@@ -940,6 +956,7 @@ exit:
 	return retval;
 
 error:
+	kfree(get_version_reply);
 	tower_delete(dev);
 	return retval;
 }


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from maksim.salau@gmail.com are

queue-4.4/usb-misc-legousbtower-fix-buffers-on-stack.patch