patch usb-fix-concurrent-buffer-access-in-the-hub-driver.patch queued to -stable tree

This is a note to let you know that we have just queued up the patch titled

     Subject: USB: fix concurrent buffer access in the hub driver

to the 2.6.20-stable tree.  Its filename is

     usb-fix-concurrent-buffer-access-in-the-hub-driver.patch

A git repo of this tree can be found at 
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary


>From [email protected] Mon Feb  5 06:57:55 2007
From: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:56:15 -0500 (EST)
Subject: USB: fix concurrent buffer access in the hub driver
To: Greg KH <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], USB development list <[email protected]>, Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>


This patch (as849) fixes a bug in the USB hub driver.  A single
pre-allocated buffer is used for all port status reads, but nothing
guarantees exclusive use of the buffer.  A mutex is added to provide
this guarantee.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

--- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct usb_hub {
 		struct usb_hub_status	hub;
 		struct usb_port_status	port;
 	}			*status;	/* buffer for status reports */
+	struct mutex		status_mutex;	/* for the status buffer */
 
 	int			error;		/* last reported error */
 	int			nerrors;	/* track consecutive errors */
@@ -535,6 +536,7 @@ static int hub_hub_status(struct usb_hub
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&hub->status_mutex);
 	ret = get_hub_status(hub->hdev, &hub->status->hub);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		dev_err (hub->intfdev,
@@ -544,6 +546,7 @@ static int hub_hub_status(struct usb_hub
 		*change = le16_to_cpu(hub->status->hub.wHubChange); 
 		ret = 0;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&hub->status_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -617,6 +620,7 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub 
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
 	}
+	mutex_init(&hub->status_mutex);
 
 	hub->descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*hub->descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hub->descriptor) {
@@ -1394,6 +1398,7 @@ static int hub_port_status(struct usb_hu
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&hub->status_mutex);
 	ret = get_port_status(hub->hdev, port1, &hub->status->port);
 	if (ret < 4) {
 		dev_err (hub->intfdev,
@@ -1405,6 +1410,7 @@ static int hub_port_status(struct usb_hu
 		*change = le16_to_cpu(hub->status->port.wPortChange); 
 		ret = 0;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&hub->status_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 

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