From: qasdev <qasdev00@gmail.com> stable inclusion from stable-v5.10.239 commit 33163c68d2e3061fa3935b5f0a1867958b1cdbd2 category: bugfix bugzilla: https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/kernel/issues/ICIQAB CVE: CVE-2025-38086 Reference: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=... -------------------------------- commit 9ad0452c0277b816a435433cca601304cfac7c21 upstream. In mii_nway_restart() the code attempts to call mii->mdio_read which is ch9200_mdio_read(). ch9200_mdio_read() utilises a local buffer called "buff", which is initialised with control_read(). However "buff" is conditionally initialised inside control_read(): if (err == size) { memcpy(data, buf, size); } If the condition of "err == size" is not met, then "buff" remains uninitialised. Once this happens the uninitialised "buff" is accessed and returned during ch9200_mdio_read(): return (buff[0] | buff[1] << 8); The problem stems from the fact that ch9200_mdio_read() ignores the return value of control_read(), leading to uinit-access of "buff". To fix this we should check the return value of control_read() and return early on error. Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+3361c2d6f78a3e0892f9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3361c2d6f78a3e0892f9 Tested-by: syzbot <syzbot+3361c2d6f78a3e0892f9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> Fixes: 4a476bd6d1d9 ("usbnet: New driver for QinHeng CH9200 devices") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250526183607.66527-1-qasdev00@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@huawei.com> --- drivers/net/usb/ch9200.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ch9200.c b/drivers/net/usb/ch9200.c index d7f3b70..4218534 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/ch9200.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/ch9200.c @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static int ch9200_mdio_read(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc) { struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(netdev); unsigned char buff[2]; + int ret; netdev_dbg(netdev, "%s phy_id:%02x loc:%02x\n", __func__, phy_id, loc); @@ -185,8 +186,10 @@ static int ch9200_mdio_read(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc) if (phy_id != 0) return -ENODEV; - control_read(dev, REQUEST_READ, 0, loc * 2, buff, 0x02, - CONTROL_TIMEOUT_MS); + ret = control_read(dev, REQUEST_READ, 0, loc * 2, buff, 0x02, + CONTROL_TIMEOUT_MS); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; return (buff[0] | buff[1] << 8); } -- 2.9.5