linux-kernel - Re: mwifiex: printk() overflow with 32-byte SSIDs

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Message-Id: <20161117111816.227EE61626@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:18:16 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Cathy Luo <cluo@...vell.com>, security@...nel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: mwifiex: printk() overflow with 32-byte SSIDs

Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> wrote:
> SSIDs aren't guaranteed to be 0-terminated. Let's cap the max length
> when we print them out.
> 
> This can be easily noticed by connecting to a network with a 32-octet
> SSID:
> 
> [ 3903.502925] mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: trying to associate to
> '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef <uninitialized mem>' bssid
> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> 
> Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9a4 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver")
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

fcd2042e8d36 mwifiex: printk() overflow with 32-byte SSIDs

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9418369/

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