udldrmfb: udl_get_edid: usb_control_msg buffer must not be on the stack
authorHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:08:57 +0000 (12:08 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:50:55 +0000 (08:50 -0800)
commit 242187b362555849e8c971dfbbfd55f8bd9fa717 upstream.

The buffer passed to usb_control_msg may end up in scatter-gather list, and
may thus not be on the stack. Having it on the stack usually works on x86, but
not on other archs.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_connector.c

index 1230bc0ffb0db4c42ec006482eef68f6d1524a15..b7780dd91320730a122ee17adabb9fd7faf64697 100644 (file)
 static u8 *udl_get_edid(struct udl_device *udl)
 {
        u8 *block;
-       char rbuf[3];
+       char *rbuf;
        int ret, i;
 
        block = kmalloc(EDID_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (block == NULL)
                return NULL;
 
+       rbuf = kmalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (rbuf == NULL)
+               goto error;
+
        for (i = 0; i < EDID_LENGTH; i++) {
                ret = usb_control_msg(udl->ddev->usbdev,
                                      usb_rcvctrlpipe(udl->ddev->usbdev, 0), (0x02),
@@ -42,10 +46,12 @@ static u8 *udl_get_edid(struct udl_device *udl)
                block[i] = rbuf[1];
        }
 
+       kfree(rbuf);
        return block;
 
 error:
        kfree(block);
+       kfree(rbuf);
        return NULL;
 }