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From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y] USB: serial: mct_u232: fix memory corruption with small endpoint
Date: Thu,  4 Jun 2026 14:11:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260604121133.2771807-1-johan@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026060400-renewal-coagulant-3a75@gregkh>

commit 915b36d701950503c4ea0f6e314b10868e59fce3 upstream.

The driver overrides the maximum transfer size for a specific device
which only accepts 16 byte packets for its 32 byte bulk-out endpoint.

Make sure to never increase the maximum transfer size to prevent slab
corruption should a malicious device report a smaller endpoint max
packet size than expected.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c b/drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c
index 2bce8cc03aca..b0b299c5e8a3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ static int mct_u232_port_probe(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 {
 	struct usb_serial *serial = port->serial;
 	struct mct_u232_private *priv;
+	u16 pid;
 
 	/* check first to simplify error handling */
 	if (!serial->port[1] || !serial->port[1]->interrupt_in_urb) {
@@ -385,6 +386,16 @@ static int mct_u232_port_probe(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Compensate for a hardware bug: although the Sitecom U232-P25
+	 * device reports a maximum output packet size of 32 bytes,
+	 * it seems to be able to accept only 16 bytes (and that's what
+	 * SniffUSB says too...)
+	 */
+	pid = le16_to_cpu(serial->dev->descriptor.idProduct);
+	if (pid == MCT_U232_SITECOM_PID)
+		port->bulk_out_size = min(16, port->bulk_out_size);
+
 	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -410,7 +421,6 @@ static void mct_u232_port_remove(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 
 static int  mct_u232_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port)
 {
-	struct usb_serial *serial = port->serial;
 	struct mct_u232_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
 	int retval = 0;
 	unsigned int control_state;
@@ -418,15 +428,6 @@ static int  mct_u232_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port)
 	unsigned char last_lcr;
 	unsigned char last_msr;
 
-	/* Compensate for a hardware bug: although the Sitecom U232-P25
-	 * device reports a maximum output packet size of 32 bytes,
-	 * it seems to be able to accept only 16 bytes (and that's what
-	 * SniffUSB says too...)
-	 */
-	if (le16_to_cpu(serial->dev->descriptor.idProduct)
-						== MCT_U232_SITECOM_PID)
-		port->bulk_out_size = 16;
-
 	/* Do a defined restart: the normal serial device seems to
 	 * always turn on DTR and RTS here, so do the same. I'm not
 	 * sure if this is really necessary. But it should not harm
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-04 12:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-04 10:46 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] USB: serial: mct_u232: fix memory corruption with small" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
2026-06-04 12:11 ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2026-06-05 19:37   ` [PATCH 6.18.y] USB: serial: mct_u232: fix memory corruption with small endpoint Sasha Levin
2026-06-08  6:47     ` Johan Hovold
2026-06-09  0:51       ` Sasha Levin

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