Patch "USB: fix invalid memory access in hub_activate()" has been added to the 3.14-stable tree

Patch "USB: fix invalid memory access in hub_activate()" has been added to the 3.14-stable tree

[gregkh]

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

    USB: fix invalid memory access in hub_activate()

to the 3.14-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-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-hub_activate.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.14 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 e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:32:38 -0500
Subject: USB: fix invalid memory access in hub_activate()

From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>

commit e50293ef9775c5f1cf3fcc093037dd6a8c5684ea upstream.

Commit 8520f38099cc ("USB: change hub initialization sleeps to
delayed_work") changed the hub_activate() routine to make part of it
run in a workqueue.  However, the commit failed to take a reference to
the usb_hub structure or to lock the hub interface while doing so.  As
a result, if a hub is plugged in and quickly unplugged before the work
routine can run, the routine will try to access memory that has been
deallocated.  Or, if the hub is unplugged while the routine is
running, the memory may be deallocated while it is in active use.

This patch fixes the problem by taking a reference to the usb_hub at
the start of hub_activate() and releasing it at the end (when the work
is finished), and by locking the hub interface while the work routine
is running.  It also adds a check at the start of the routine to see
if the hub has already been disconnected, in which nothing should be
done.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Reported-by: Alexandru Cornea <alexandru.cornea@intel.com>
Tested-by: Alexandru Cornea <alexandru.cornea@intel.com>
Fixes: 8520f38099cc ("USB: change hub initialization sleeps to delayed_work")
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
[ luis: backported to 3.16:
  - Added forward declaration of hub_release() which mainline had with commit
    32a6958998c5 ("usb: hub: convert khubd into workqueue") ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Charles (Chas) Williams <ciwillia@brocade.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/usb/core/hub.c |   23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ehci_cf_port_reset_rws
 #define HUB_DEBOUNCE_STEP	  25
 #define HUB_DEBOUNCE_STABLE	 100
 
+static void hub_release(struct kref *kref);
 static int usb_reset_and_verify_device(struct usb_device *udev);
 
 static inline char *portspeed(struct usb_hub *hub, int portstatus)
@@ -1023,10 +1024,20 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub
 	unsigned delay;
 
 	/* Continue a partial initialization */
-	if (type == HUB_INIT2)
-		goto init2;
-	if (type == HUB_INIT3)
+	if (type == HUB_INIT2 || type == HUB_INIT3) {
+		device_lock(hub->intfdev);
+
+		/* Was the hub disconnected while we were waiting? */
+		if (hub->disconnected) {
+			device_unlock(hub->intfdev);
+			kref_put(&hub->kref, hub_release);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (type == HUB_INIT2)
+			goto init2;
 		goto init3;
+	}
+	kref_get(&hub->kref);
 
 	/* The superspeed hub except for root hub has to use Hub Depth
 	 * value as an offset into the route string to locate the bits
@@ -1220,6 +1231,7 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub
 			PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&hub->init_work, hub_init_func3);
 			schedule_delayed_work(&hub->init_work,
 					msecs_to_jiffies(delay));
+			device_unlock(hub->intfdev);
 			return;		/* Continues at init3: below */
 		} else {
 			msleep(delay);
@@ -1240,6 +1252,11 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub
 	/* Allow autosuspend if it was suppressed */
 	if (type <= HUB_INIT3)
 		usb_autopm_put_interface_async(to_usb_interface(hub->intfdev));
+
+	if (type == HUB_INIT2 || type == HUB_INIT3)
+		device_unlock(hub->intfdev);
+
+	kref_put(&hub->kref, hub_release);
 }
 
 /* Implement the continuations for the delays above */


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stern@rowland.harvard.edu are

queue-3.14/usb-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-hub_activate.patch