USB: oti6858: fix DMA buffer on stack

[pandora-kernel.git] / drivers / usb / serial / oti6858.c

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c b/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
index c644e26..2ae97e7 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void send_data(struct work_struct *work)
        struct usb_serial_port *port = priv->port;
        int count = 0, result;
        unsigned long flags;
-       unsigned char allow;
+       u8 *allow;
 
        dbg("%s(port = %d)", __func__, port->number);
 
@@ -321,13 +321,20 @@ void send_data(struct work_struct *work)
                count = port->bulk_out_size;
 
        if (count != 0) {
+               allow = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!allow) {
+                       dev_err(&port->dev, "%s(): kmalloc failed\n",
+                                       __func__);
+                       return;
+               }
                result = usb_control_msg(port->serial->dev,
                                usb_rcvctrlpipe(port->serial->dev, 0),
                                OTI6858_REQ_T_CHECK_TXBUFF,
                                OTI6858_REQ_CHECK_TXBUFF,
-                               count, 0, &allow, 1, 100);
-               if (result != 1 || allow != 0)
+                               count, 0, allow, 1, 100);
+               if (result != 1 || *allow != 0)
                        count = 0;
+               kfree(allow);
        }
 
        if (count == 0) {