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From: wzt.wzt@gmail.com
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, flamingice@sourmilk.net
Subject: [PATCH] Wireless: Make cfg80211_dev_rename() check sscanf return value in net/wireless/core.c
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:53:52 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100320045352.GA2949@localhost.localdomain> (raw)

Make cfg80211_dev_rename() check sscanf return value.

Signed-off-by: Zhitong Wang <zhitong.wangzt@alibaba-inc.com>

---
 net/wireless/core.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 80afacd..8e815b4 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ int cfg80211_dev_rename(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 	int idx, taken = -1, result, digits;
 
 	/* prohibit calling the thing phy%d when %d is not its number */
-	sscanf(newname, PHY_NAME "%d%n", &idx, &taken);
+	if (sscanf(newname, PHY_NAME "%d%n", &idx, &taken) != 2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (taken == strlen(newname) && idx != rdev->idx) {
 		/* count number of places needed to print idx */
 		digits = 1;
-- 
1.6.5.3


             reply	other threads:[~2010-03-20  4:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-20  4:53 wzt.wzt [this message]
2010-03-20  7:39 ` [PATCH] Wireless: Make cfg80211_dev_rename() check sscanf return value in net/wireless/core.c Johannes Berg

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