linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.16 107/227] brcmfmac: firmware: Fix crash in brcm_alt_fw

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Date:   Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:48:46 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.16 107/227] brcmfmac: firmware: Fix crash in brcm_alt_fw_path

From: Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.com>

commit 665408f4c3a5c83e712871daa062721624b2b79e upstream.

The call to brcm_alt_fw_path in brcmf_fw_get_firmwares is not protected
by a check to the validity of the fwctx->req->board_type pointer. This
results in a crash in strlcat when, for example, the WLAN chip is found
in a USB dongle.

Prevent the crash by adding the necessary check.

See: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/4833

Fixes: 5ff013914c62 ("brcmfmac: firmware: Allow per-board firmware binaries")
Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220118154514.3245524-1-phil@raspberrypi.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ int brcmf_fw_get_firmwares(struct device
 {
 	struct brcmf_fw_item *first = &req->items[0];
 	struct brcmf_fw *fwctx;
-	char *alt_path;
+	char *alt_path = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "enter: dev=%s\n", dev_name(dev));
@@ -712,7 +712,9 @@ int brcmf_fw_get_firmwares(struct device
 	fwctx->done = fw_cb;
 
 	/* First try alternative board-specific path if any */
-	alt_path = brcm_alt_fw_path(first->path, fwctx->req->board_type);
+	if (fwctx->req->board_type)
+		alt_path = brcm_alt_fw_path(first->path,
+					    fwctx->req->board_type);
 	if (alt_path) {
 		ret = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, alt_path,
 					      fwctx->dev, GFP_KERNEL, fwctx,