linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: avoid out of bounds access in mwifiex_get_common

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:53:33 -0800
From:	Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>
To:	Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@...il.com>,
	"linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>
CC:	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: avoid out of bounds access in
 mwifiex_get_common_rates.

Hi Cyril,

Thanks for your patch.

> Check that the array indexes are in-bounds before accessing the rate2 and tmp
> arrays.
> 
> Found with the following semantic patch:
> 
> <smpl>
> @@
> identifier t;
> identifier idx;
> expression E;
> statement S;
> @@
> * for (... ; <+... t[idx] ...+> && idx < E ; ...)
> S
> </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@...il.com>

Acked-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>

Thanks,
Bing

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/join.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/join.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/join.c
> index 893d809..f0a634d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/join.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/join.c
> @@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ static int mwifiex_get_common_rates(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *rate1,
> 
>  	memset(rate1, 0, rate1_size);
> 
> -	for (i = 0; rate2[i] && i < rate2_size; i++) {
> -		for (j = 0; tmp[j] && j < rate1_size; j++) {
> +	for (i = 0; i < rate2_size && rate2[i]; i++) {
> +		for (j = 0; j < rate1_size && tmp[j]; j++) {
>  			/* Check common rate, excluding the bit for
>  			   basic rate */
>  			if ((rate2[i] & 0x7F) == (tmp[j] & 0x7F)) {
> --
> 1.7.10.4

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/