Patch "usb: core : hub: Fix BOS 'NULL pointer' kernel panic" has been added to the 4.3-stable tree

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

usb: core : hub: Fix BOS 'NULL pointer' kernel panic

to the 4.3-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-core-hub-fix-bos-null-pointer-kernel-panic.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.3 subdirectory.

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

From: Hans Yang <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:54:59 +0800
Subject: usb: core : hub: Fix BOS 'NULL pointer' kernel panic

From: Hans Yang <[email protected]>

commit 464ad8c43a9ead98c2b0eaed86bea727f2ad106e upstream.

When a USB 3.0 mass storage device is disconnected in transporting state, storage device driver may handle it as a transport error and reset the device by invoking usb_reset_and_verify_device() and following could happen:

in usb_reset_and_verify_device():
udev->bos = NULL;

For U1/U2 enabled devices, driver will disable LPM, and in some conditions:
from usb_unlocked_disable_lpm()

    --> usb_disable_lpm()
    --> usb_enable_lpm()
        udev->bos->ss_cap->bU1devExitLat;

And it causes 'NULL pointer' and 'kernel panic':

[  157.976257] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
at virtual address 00000010
...
[  158.026400] PC is at usb_enable_link_state+0x34/0x2e0
[  158.031442] LR is at usb_enable_lpm+0x98/0xac
...
[  158.137368] [<ffffffc0006a1cac>] usb_enable_link_state+0x34/0x2e0
[  158.143451] [<ffffffc0006a1fec>] usb_enable_lpm+0x94/0xac
[  158.148840] [<ffffffc0006a20e8>] usb_disable_lpm+0xa8/0xb4
...
[  158.214954] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

This commit moves 'udev->bos = NULL' behind usb_unlocked_disable_lpm() to prevent from NULL pointer access.

Issue can be reproduced by following setup:
1) A SS pen drive behind a SS hub connected to the host.
2) Transporting data between the pen drive and the host.
3) Abruptly disconnect hub and pen drive from host.
4) With a chance it crashes.

---
 drivers/usb/core/hub.c |   15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

@@ -5322,9 +5322,6 @@ static int usb_reset_and_verify_device(s
 	if (udev->usb2_hw_lpm_enabled == 1)
 		usb_set_usb2_hardware_lpm(udev, 0);
 
-	bos = udev->bos;
-	udev->bos = NULL;
-
 	/* Disable LPM and LTM while we reset the device and reinstall the alt
 	 * settings.  Device-initiated LPM settings, and system exit latency
 	 * settings are cleared when the device is reset, so we have to set

@@ -5333,15 +5330,18 @@ static int usb_reset_and_verify_device(s
 	ret = usb_unlocked_disable_lpm(udev);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&udev->dev, "%s Failed to disable LPM\n.", __func__);
-		goto re_enumerate;
+		goto re_enumerate_no_bos;
 	}
 	ret = usb_disable_ltm(udev);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&udev->dev, "%s Failed to disable LTM\n.",
 				__func__);
-		goto re_enumerate;
+		goto re_enumerate_no_bos;
 	}
 
+	bos = udev->bos;
+	udev->bos = NULL;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < SET_CONFIG_TRIES; ++i) {
 
 		/* ep0 maxpacket size may change; let the HCD know about it.

@@ -5438,10 +5438,11 @@ done:
 	return 0;
 
 re_enumerate:
-	/* LPM state doesn't matter when we're about to destroy the device. */
-	hub_port_logical_disconnect(parent_hub, port1);
 	usb_release_bos_descriptor(udev);
 	udev->bos = bos;
+re_enumerate_no_bos:
+	/* LPM state doesn't matter when we're about to destroy the device. */
+	hub_port_logical_disconnect(parent_hub, port1);
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 

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

queue-4.3/usb-core-hub-fix-bos-null-pointer-kernel-panic.patch