From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
To: pip-izony <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Kyungtae Kim <Kyungtae.Kim@dartmouth.edu>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>,
David Mosberger <davidm@egauge.net>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] usb: host: max3421: Reject hub port requests for non-existent ports
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 17:54:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5b4720d-e91b-4a81-b2b6-e04835e1826b@rowland.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260517190308.1876316-2-eeodqql09@gmail.com>
On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 03:03:08PM -0400, pip-izony wrote:
> From: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
>
> The `max3421_hub_control()` function handles USB hub class requests
> to the virtual root hub. The `GetPortStatus` case correctly rejects
> requests with `index != 1`, since the virtual root hub has only a
> single port. However, the `ClearPortFeature` and `SetPortFeature`
> cases lack the same check.
>
> Fix this by extending the `index != 1` rejection to both cases,
> matching the existing behavior of `GetPortStatus`.
>
> Fixes: 2d53139f3162 ("Add support for using a MAX3421E chip as a host driver.")
> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Heh, this made me go back and look at dummy-hcd.c. It's missing the
same check in the same places!
Would you like to submit a patch to fix that driver as well? If not,
I'll take care of it.
Alan Stern
> v3: New patch in v3, suggested by Alan Stern.
>
> drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
> index 3d6b351dcb1a..73e76d0e6973 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
> @@ -1685,6 +1685,8 @@ max3421_hub_control(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 type_req, u16 value, u16 index,
> case ClearHubFeature:
> break;
> case ClearPortFeature:
> + if (index != 1)
> + goto error;
> switch (value) {
> case USB_PORT_FEAT_SUSPEND:
> break;
> @@ -1728,6 +1730,8 @@ max3421_hub_control(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 type_req, u16 value, u16 index,
> break;
>
> case SetPortFeature:
> + if (index != 1)
> + goto error;
> switch (value) {
> case USB_PORT_FEAT_LINK_STATE:
> case USB_PORT_FEAT_U1_TIMEOUT:
> --
> 2.43.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-18 21:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-17 0:01 [PATCH] usb: host: max3421: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in max3421_hub_control() pip-izony
2026-05-17 0:07 ` [PATCH v2] " pip-izony
2026-05-17 1:15 ` Alan Stern
2026-05-17 18:11 ` Seungjin Bae
2026-05-17 5:49 ` [PATCH] " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-17 18:19 ` Seungjin Bae
2026-05-18 5:19 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-17 19:03 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] " pip-izony
2026-05-17 19:03 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] usb: host: max3421: Reject hub port requests for non-existent ports pip-izony
2026-05-18 21:54 ` Alan Stern [this message]
2026-05-18 22:37 ` Seungjin Bae
2026-05-18 22:49 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] usb: host: max3421: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in max3421_hub_control() pip-izony
2026-05-18 22:49 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] usb: host: max3421: Reject hub port requests for non-existent ports pip-izony
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