cfg80211: fix a crash in nl80211_send_station
authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:00:33 +0000 (19:00 -0600)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:23:06 +0000 (14:23 -0400)
mac80211 leaves sinfo->assoc_req_ies uninitialized, causing a random
pointer memory access in nl80211_send_station.
Instead of checking if the pointer is null, use sinfo->filled, like
the rest of the fields.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
include/net/cfg80211.h
net/wireless/nl80211.c

index 779e300..96876d3 100644 (file)
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ struct station_parameters {
  * @STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE: @rxrate fields are filled
  * @STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM: @bss_param filled
  * @STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME: @connected_time filled
+ * @STATION_INFO_ASSOC_REQ_IES: @assoc_req_ies filled
  */
 enum station_info_flags {
        STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME      = 1<<0,
@@ -439,7 +440,8 @@ enum station_info_flags {
        STATION_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG         = 1<<13,
        STATION_INFO_RX_BITRATE         = 1<<14,
        STATION_INFO_BSS_PARAM          = 1<<15,
-       STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME     = 1<<16
+       STATION_INFO_CONNECTED_TIME     = 1<<16,
+       STATION_INFO_ASSOC_REQ_IES      = 1<<17
 };
 
 /**
index ca76977..253e563 100644 (file)
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq,
        }
        nla_nest_end(msg, sinfoattr);
 
-       if (sinfo->assoc_req_ies)
+       if (sinfo->filled & STATION_INFO_ASSOC_REQ_IES)
                NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IE, sinfo->assoc_req_ies_len,
                        sinfo->assoc_req_ies);