netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] wireless: ath9k_htc: fix NULL-deref at probe

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Date:   Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:34:26 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com>,
        Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>,
        Ulrich Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@...eros.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] wireless: ath9k_htc: fix NULL-deref at probe

Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> writes:

> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 01:44:20PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> Make sure to check the number of endpoints to avoid dereferencing a
>> NULL-pointer or accessing memory beyond the endpoint array should a
>> malicious device lack the expected endpoints.
>> 
>> Fixes: 36bcce430657 ("ath9k_htc: Handle storage devices")
>> Cc: Sujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@...eros.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
>
> Is this one still in your queue, Kalle?

Yes, I'm just lacking behing:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9620723/

> As I mentioned earlier, I should have added a
>
> Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>     # 2.6.39
>
> but left it out as I mistakingly thought the net recommendations to do
> so applied also to wireless.

Ok, I'll add that.

-- 
Kalle Valo