From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: usb: kaweth: validate USB endpoints
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:37:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZ1xRzIJGy7c0bki@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026022305-substance-virtual-c728@gregkh>
On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 02:00:06PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The kaweth driver should validate that the device it is probing has the
> proper number and types of USB endpoints it is expecting before it binds
> to it. If a malicious device were to not have the same urbs the driver
> will crash later on when it blindly accesses these endpoints.
>
> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
> Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_2000
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Hi Greg,
This seems to go back to the beginning of Git history, so this seems
appropriate.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
That notwithstanding, this looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 9:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-23 13:00 [PATCH net] net: usb: kaweth: validate USB endpoints Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-24 9:37 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2026-02-26 3:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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