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Patch "zd1211rw: fix NULL-deref at probe" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

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

zd1211rw: 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:

     zd1211rw-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.

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From foo@baz Sun Mar 18 16:55:33 CET 2018

From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:44:21 +0100
Subject: zd1211rw: fix NULL-deref at probe

From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit ca260ece6a57dc7d751e0685f51fa2c55d851873 ]

Make sure to check the number of endpoints to avoid dereferencing a NULL-pointer or accessing memory beyond the endpoint array should a malicious device lack the expected endpoints.

Fixes a1030e92c150 ("[PATCH] zd1211rw: Convert installer CDROM device into WLAN device")
Cc Daniel Drake <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c +3 -0
@@ -1278,6 +1278,9 @@ static int eject_installer(struct usb_in
 	u8 bulk_out_ep;
 	int r;
 
+	if (iface_desc->desc.bNumEndpoints < 2)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* Find bulk out endpoint */
 	for (r = 1; r >= 0; r--) {
 		endpoint = &iface_desc->endpoint[r].desc;

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

queue-4.9/zd1211rw-fix-null-deref-at-probe.patch