Re: [linux-usb-devel] 2.6.20-rc4: null pointer deref in khubd

[Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>]

Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2007 17:14 schrieb Alan Stern:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> 
> > Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2007 11:49 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> > > usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 68
> > > usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 68
> > > usb 2-1: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start
> > > usb 2-1: chopping to 0 config(s)
> > 
> > Does anybody know a legitimate reasons a device should have
> > 0 configurations? Independent of the reason of this bug, should we disallow
> > such devices and error out?
> 
> About the only reason to allow such devices is so that the user can run 
> lsusb to try and get more information about the problem.  With no 
> configurations, the device won't be useful for anything.

Regarding the bug this device uncovers, it seems to me that this in drivers/base/core.c
	if (parent)
		klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_parent, &parent->klist_children);
should make knode_parent a valid node under all circumstances.
Hm.

	Regards
		Oliver