From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:30639 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751282Ab3AXGk0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:40:26 -0500 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:40:00 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Johannes Berg Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Subject: [patch] cfg80211: off by one in ieee80211_bss() Message-ID: <20130124064000.GB5611@elgon.mountain> (sfid-20130124_074031_332291_1EF1988E) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: We do a: sprintf(buf, " Last beacon: %ums ago", elapsed_jiffies_msecs(bss->ts)); elapsed_jiffies_msecs() can return a 10 digit number so "buf" needs to be 31 characters long. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c index 01592d7..45f1618 100644 --- a/net/wireless/scan.c +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c @@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ ieee80211_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct iw_request_info *info, &iwe, IW_EV_UINT_LEN); } - buf = kmalloc(30, GFP_ATOMIC); + buf = kmalloc(31, GFP_ATOMIC); if (buf) { memset(&iwe, 0, sizeof(iwe)); iwe.cmd = IWEVCUSTOM;