Patch "watchdog: pcwd_usb: fix NULL-deref at probe" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

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

watchdog: pcwd_usb: fix NULL-deref at probe

to the 4.9-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:
watchdog-pcwd_usb-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:49:45 +0100
Subject: watchdog: pcwd_usb: fix NULL-deref at probe

From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>

commit 46c319b848268dab3f0e7c4a5b6e9146d3bca8a4 upstream.

Make sure to check the number of endpoints to avoid dereferencing a NULL-pointer should a malicious device lack endpoints.

---
 drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

@@ -630,6 +630,9 @@ static int usb_pcwd_probe(struct usb_int
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	if (iface_desc->desc.bNumEndpoints < 1)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* check out the endpoint: it has to be Interrupt & IN */
 	endpoint = &iface_desc->endpoint[0].desc;
 

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.9/watchdog-pcwd_usb-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch