Re: [PATCH RESEND] xhci: Use xhci_get_virt_ep() to validate ep_index

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Apr 29 2022 - 06:02:12 EST


On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 12:49:59PM +0300, Mathias Nyman wrote:
> On 28.4.2022 22.04, Mayank Rana wrote:
> > ring_doorbell_for_active_rings() API is being called from
> > multiple context. This specific API tries to get virt_dev
> > based endpoint using passed slot_id and ep_index. Some caller
> > API is having check against slot_id and ep_index using
> > xhci_get_virt_ep() API whereas xhci_handle_cmd_config_ep() API
> > only check ep_index against -1 value but not upper bound i.e.
> > EP_CTX_PER_DEV. Hence use xhci_get_virt_ep() API to get virt_dev
> > based endpoint which checks both slot_id and ep_index to get
> > valid endpoint.
>
> ep_index upper bound is known to be in range as EP_CTX_PER_DEV is 31,
> and ep_index = fls(u32 value) - 1 - 1;
>
> We can change to use xhci_get_virt_ep(), but this would be more useful
> earlier in xhci_handle_cmd_config_ep() where we touch the ep before
> calling ring_doorbell_for_active_rings()
>
> Also note that this codepath is only used for some prototype
> xHC controller that probably never made it to the market about 10 years ago.

Can we just delete the codepath entirely then?

thanks,

greg k-h