linux-kernel - [v2.6.34-stable 29/77] nl80211: fix MAC address validation

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jan 2013 18:35:08 -0500
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Eliad Peller <eliad@...ery.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [v2.6.34-stable 29/77] nl80211: fix MAC address validation

From: Eliad Peller <eliad@...ery.com>

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

commit e007b857e88097c96c45620bf3b04a4e309053d1 upstream.

MAC addresses have a fixed length. The current
policy allows passing < ETH_ALEN bytes, which
might result in reading beyond the buffer.

Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@...ery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 net/wireless/nl80211.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index fde82a8..a316e59 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
 	[NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ-1 },
 
-	[NL80211_ATTR_MAC] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = ETH_ALEN },
-	[NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = ETH_ALEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_MAC] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
 
 	[NL80211_ATTR_KEY] = { .type = NLA_NESTED, },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_KEY_DATA] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-- 
1.7.12.1

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