In routine rtw_hostapd_ioctl(), the user-controlled p->length is assumed
to be at least the size of struct ieee_param size, but this assumption is
never checked. This could result in out-of-bounds read/write on kernel
heap in case a p->length less than the size of struct ieee_param is
specified by the user. If p->length is allowed to be greater than the size
of the struct, then a malicious user could be wasting kernel memory.
Fixes commit a2c60d42d97c ("Add files for new driver - part 16").Reported by: Pietro Oliva <[email protected]> Cc: Pietro Oliva <[email protected]> Cc: Stable <[email protected]> Fixes: a2c60d42d97c ("Add files for new driver - part 16"). Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c index 9b6ea86d1dcf..7d21f5799640 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c @@ -2796,7 +2796,7 @@ static int rtw_hostapd_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_point *p) goto out; } - if (!p->pointer) { + if (!p->pointer || p->length != sizeof(struct ieee_param)) { ret = -EINVAL; goto out; } -- 2.25.0 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
