From: Peter Wu Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:51:18 +0000 (+0100) Subject: HID: logitech-hidpp: check name retrieval return code X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1430ee73b566a30bc210501d1e0e99c519707f1e;p=linux-beck.git HID: logitech-hidpp: check name retrieval return code hidpp_devicenametype_get_device_name() may return a negative value on protocol errors (for example, when the device is powered off). Explicitly check this condition to avoid a long-running loop. (0 cannot be returned as __name_length - index > 0, but check for it anyway as it would otherwise result in an infinite loop.) Signed-off-by: Peter Wu Reviewed-by: Benjamin Tissoires Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c index 5066df8afee5..4d72c20fa233 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c @@ -484,10 +484,16 @@ static char *hidpp_get_device_name(struct hidpp_device *hidpp) if (!name) return NULL; - while (index < __name_length) - index += hidpp_devicenametype_get_device_name(hidpp, + while (index < __name_length) { + ret = hidpp_devicenametype_get_device_name(hidpp, feature_index, index, name + index, __name_length - index); + if (ret <= 0) { + kfree(name); + return NULL; + } + index += ret; + } return name; }