Bug 189279 - [Stratus RHEL4 U4 bug] unchecked error path in usb_alloc_dev can lead to an Oops.
Summary: [Stratus RHEL4 U4 bug] unchecked error path in usb_alloc_dev can lead to an O...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Kimball Murray
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks: 181409 184261
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Reported: 2006-04-18 19:08 UTC by Kimball Murray
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0575
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-08-10 23:10:04 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
This patch has been tested and applies to 2.6.9-34.17 (746 bytes, patch)
2006-04-18 19:08 UTC, Kimball Murray
no flags Details | Diff
Alternative fix (2.65 KB, patch)
2006-04-21 04:10 UTC, Pete Zaitcev
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0575 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 2006-08-10 04:00:00 UTC

Description Kimball Murray 2006-04-18 19:08:35 UTC
Description of problem:
usb_alloc_dev (drivers/usb/core/usb.c) calls dev->bus->op->allocate(...) without
checking the return value of that function.  That function seems to always point
to hcd_alloc_dev, which can fail for a variety of reasons, one if which is a low
memory condition.  But if that function does fail, udev->hcpriv will not have
been initialized, and we will Oops later on when that hcpriv field is dereferenced.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
In our (Stratus) environment, we seem to step into this bug in almost 1 out of 3
times.

Steps to Reproduce:
Generally, we've been hitting this by calling pci_remove for the root hub while
nearly at the same time disconnecting/connecting a USB keyboard to the hub.
  
Actual results:
kernel Oops from hcd_endpoint_disable().

Expected results:
better USB error handling.

Additional info:
This code path is not present upstream, as most of USB is re-written.  However,
for the existing RHEL4 code, we have put together a patch to test for the error
case to avoid the Oops, and tested it with success.  The patch is attached here.

Comment 1 Kimball Murray 2006-04-18 19:08:35 UTC
Created attachment 127941 [details]
This patch has been tested and applies to 2.6.9-34.17

Comment 3 Pete Zaitcev 2006-04-21 04:10:40 UTC
Created attachment 128073 [details]
Alternative fix

Comment 5 Kimball Murray 2006-04-25 13:39:47 UTC
Stratus has tested Pete's patch with positive results.

Comment 7 Jason Baron 2006-05-03 18:07:58 UTC
committed in stream U4 build 35. A test kernel with this patch is available from
http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/


Comment 10 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-08-10 23:10:04 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html



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