linux-kernel - [PATCH] wireless: iwlwifi3945/4965 - fix incorrect counting of memory

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Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:09:36 +0300
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Tuttle <linux-kernel@...ttle.net>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>,
	LWML <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] wireless: iwlwifi3945/4965 - fix incorrect counting of
	memory

This patch does fix incorrect counting of memory allocated by kmalloc.
It seems that could lead to allocated memory overrun and corrupt
nearlaid memory area.

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>

---

 iwl3945-base.c |    2 +-
 iwl4965-base.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.git/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c	2008-01-24 18:26:11.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.git/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c	2008-01-26 18:45:03.000000000 +0300
@@ -6631,7 +6631,7 @@ static void iwl_bg_request_scan(struct w
 	 * that based on the direct_mask added to each channel entry */
 	scan->tx_cmd.len = cpu_to_le16(
 		iwl_fill_probe_req(priv, (struct ieee80211_mgmt *)scan->data,
-			IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE - sizeof(scan), 0));
+			IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE - sizeof(*scan), 0));
 	scan->tx_cmd.tx_flags = TX_CMD_FLG_SEQ_CTL_MSK;
 	scan->tx_cmd.sta_id = priv->hw_setting.bcast_sta_id;
 	scan->tx_cmd.stop_time.life_time = TX_CMD_LIFE_TIME_INFINITE;

Index: linux-2.6.git/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c	2008-01-26 18:45:38.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.git/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c	2008-01-26 18:46:06.000000000 +0300
@@ -6992,7 +6992,7 @@ static void iwl_bg_request_scan(struct w
 	 * that based on the direct_mask added to each channel entry */
 	scan->tx_cmd.len = cpu_to_le16(
 		iwl_fill_probe_req(priv, (struct ieee80211_mgmt *)scan->data,
-			IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE - sizeof(scan), 0));
+			IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE - sizeof(*scan), 0));
 	scan->tx_cmd.tx_flags = TX_CMD_FLG_SEQ_CTL_MSK;
 	scan->tx_cmd.sta_id = priv->hw_setting.bcast_sta_id;
 	scan->tx_cmd.stop_time.life_time = TX_CMD_LIFE_TIME_INFINITE;
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