linux-kernel - [008/289] irda: Fix parameter extraction stack overflow

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Message-Id: <20101208005722.196677031@clark.site>
Date:	Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:56:25 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Samuel Ortiz <samuel@...tiz.org>
Subject: [008/289] irda: Fix parameter extraction stack overflow

2.6.36-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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

From: Samuel Ortiz <samuel@...tiz.org>

commit efc463eb508798da4243625b08c7396462cabf9f upstream.

Reported-by: Ilja Van Sprundel <ivansprundel@...ctive.com>
Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel@...tiz.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 net/irda/parameters.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/irda/parameters.c
+++ b/net/irda/parameters.c
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ static int irda_extract_string(void *sel
 
 	p.pi = pi;     /* In case handler needs to know */
 	p.pl = buf[1]; /* Extract length of value */
+	if (p.pl > 32)
+		p.pl = 32;
 
 	IRDA_DEBUG(2, "%s(), pi=%#x, pl=%d\n", __func__,
 		   p.pi, p.pl);
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ static int irda_extract_string(void *sel
 		   (__u8) str[0], (__u8) str[1]);
 
 	/* Null terminate string */
-	str[p.pl+1] = '\0';
+	str[p.pl] = '\0';
 
 	p.pv.c = str; /* Handler will need to take a copy */
 


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