Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: fail on usb_hub_create_port_device() errors

[Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@podlesie.net>]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 02:18:57PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2013, Krzysztof Mazur wrote:
> 
> > Ignoring usb_hub_create_port_device() errors cause later NULL pointer
> > deference when uninitialized hub->ports[i] entries are dereferenced
> > after port memory allocation error.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@podlesie.net>
> > ---
> > I'm not sure if failing in that case is a good idea, but other solutions
> > are more complex.
> > 
> > I tried also changing hdev->maxchild and skiping initialization
> > of later ports, but it didn't work because in some cases
> > hub->descriptor->bNbrPorts is used instead of hdev->maxchild.
> > With simulated usb_hub_create_port_device() failure I have an Oops
> > in hub_power_on().
> 
> I think this patch is correct.  However, we also should change the 
> other places that refer to bNbrPorts; make them use maxchild instead.

Ok, I can try to catch all such cases and fix problems with
maxchild < bNBrPorts, but I think that changing bNBrPorts to maxchild
might be not enough. For instance:

	for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hub->descriptor->bNbrPorts; port1++)
		if (hub->ports[port1 - 1]->power_is_on)
			set_port_feature(hub->hdev, port1, USB_PORT_FEAT_POWER);
		else
			usb_clear_port_feature(hub->hdev, port1,
						USB_PORT_FEAT_POWER);

in hub_power_on() should be probably changed to something like:
	
	for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hub->descriptor->bNbrPorts; port1++)
		if (hub->ports[port1 - 1] && hub->ports[port1 - 1]->power_is_on)
			set_port_feature(hub->hdev, port1, USB_PORT_FEAT_POWER);
		else
			usb_clear_port_feature(hub->hdev, port1,
						USB_PORT_FEAT_POWER);

to disable uninitialized ports.

> 
> > Another possible solution is allowing for uninitialized ports and
> > checking for hub->ports[i] == NULL.
> 
> No, if we can't allocate memory for all the ports then the whole thing 
> should fail.

The usb_hub_create_port_device() might fail also in case of device_add()
error.

> 
> Alan Stern

Thanks,
Krzysiek