linux-kernel - [ 56/72] ath9k: stop on rates with idx -1 in ath9k rate controls .tx

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Message-Id: <20120228010434.307758543@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:05:25 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [ 56/72] ath9k: stop on rates with idx -1 in ath9k rate controls .tx_status

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

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

From: Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>

commit 2504a6423b9ab4c36df78227055995644de19edb upstream.

Rate control algorithms are supposed to stop processing when they
encounter a rate with the index -1.  Checking for rate->count not being
zero is not enough.

Allowing a rate with negative index leads to memory corruption in
ath_debug_stat_rc().

One consequence of the bug is discussed at
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768639

Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static void ath_tx_status(void *priv, st
 	fc = hdr->frame_control;
 	for (i = 0; i < sc->hw->max_rates; i++) {
 		struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rate = &tx_info->status.rates[i];
-		if (!rate->count)
+		if (rate->idx < 0 || !rate->count)
 			break;
 
 		final_ts_idx = i;


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