netdev - Re: libertas: fix improper return value

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:39:13 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Cc:     Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        libertas-dev@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Subject: Re: libertas: fix improper return value

Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com> wrote:
> Function lbs_cmd_802_11_sleep_params() always return 0, even if the call
> to lbs_cmd_with_response() fails. In this case, the parameter @sp will
> keep uninitialized. Because the return value is 0, its caller (say
> lbs_sleepparams_read()) will not detect the error, and will copy the
> uninitialized stack memory to user sapce, resulting in stack information
> leak. To avoid the bug, this patch returns variable ret (which takes
> the return value of lbs_cmd_with_response()) instead of 0.
> 
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188451
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

259010c509b6 libertas: fix improper return value

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9459597/

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