linux-kernel - [13/53] nl80211: fix HT capability attribute validation

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Date:	Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:25:13 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [13/53] nl80211: fix HT capability attribute validation

3.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

commit 6c7394197af90f6a332180e33f5d025d3037d883 upstream.

Since the NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY attribute is
used as a struct, it needs a minimum, not maximum
length. Enforce that properly. Not doing so could
potentially lead to reading after the buffer.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 net/wireless/nl80211.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_p
 	[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_CONFIG] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 
-	[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-					 .len = NL80211_HT_CAPABILITY_LEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY] = { .len = NL80211_HT_CAPABILITY_LEN },
 
 	[NL80211_ATTR_MGMT_SUBTYPE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_IE] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,


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