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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Solomon Peachy <pizza@shaftnet.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH 30/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Get rid of the MTU tests in the rx conversion path.
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:39:57 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1225320016-21803-30-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081029223832.GC21657@kroah.com>

From: Solomon Peachy <pizza@shaftnet.org>

They are not needed.

Signed-off-by: Solomon Peachy <pizza@shaftnet.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211conv.c |   29 -----------------------------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211conv.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211conv.c
index 68121b9..d58f10f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211conv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211conv.c
@@ -381,14 +381,6 @@ int skb_p80211_to_ether( wlandevice_t *wlandev, UINT32 ethconv, struct sk_buff *
 	     (memcmp(saddr, e_hdr->saddr, WLAN_ETHADDR_LEN) == 0))) {
 		WLAN_LOG_DEBUG(3, "802.3 ENCAP len: %d\n", payload_length);
 		/* 802.3 Encapsulated */
-		/* Test for an overlength frame */
-		if ( payload_length > (netdev->mtu + WLAN_ETHHDR_LEN)) {
-			/* A bogus length ethfrm has been encap'd. */
-			/* Is someone trying an oflow attack? */
-			WLAN_LOG_ERROR("ENCAP frame too large (%d > %d)\n",
-				payload_length, netdev->mtu + WLAN_ETHHDR_LEN);
-			return 1;
-		}
 
 		/* Chop off the 802.11 header.  it's already sane. */
 		skb_pull(skb, payload_offset);
@@ -408,15 +400,6 @@ int skb_p80211_to_ether( wlandevice_t *wlandev, UINT32 ethconv, struct sk_buff *
 		/* it's a SNAP + RFC1042 frame && protocol is in STT */
 		/* build 802.3 + RFC1042 */
 
-		/* Test for an overlength frame */
-		if ( payload_length > netdev->mtu ) {
-			/* A bogus length ethfrm has been sent. */
-			/* Is someone trying an oflow attack? */
-			WLAN_LOG_ERROR("SNAP frame too large (%d > %d)\n",
-				payload_length, netdev->mtu);
-			return 1;
-		}
-
 		/* chop 802.11 header from skb. */
 		skb_pull(skb, payload_offset);
 
@@ -437,18 +420,6 @@ int skb_p80211_to_ether( wlandevice_t *wlandev, UINT32 ethconv, struct sk_buff *
 		/* it's an 802.1h frame || (an RFC1042 && protocol is not in STT) */
 		/* build a DIXII + RFC894 */
 
-		/* Test for an overlength frame */
-		if ((payload_length - sizeof(wlan_llc_t) - sizeof(wlan_snap_t))
-		    > netdev->mtu) {
-			/* A bogus length ethfrm has been sent. */
-			/* Is someone trying an oflow attack? */
-			WLAN_LOG_ERROR("DIXII frame too large (%ld > %d)\n",
-					(long int) (payload_length - sizeof(wlan_llc_t) -
-						    sizeof(wlan_snap_t)),
-					netdev->mtu);
-			return 1;
-		}
-
 		/* chop 802.11 header from skb. */
 		skb_pull(skb, payload_offset);
 
-- 
1.6.0.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-29 22:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-29 22:38 [GIT PATCH] STAGING patches for 2.6-git Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 01/49] staging: correct dubious use of !x & y Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 02/49] Staging: make usbip depend on CONFIG_NET Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 03/49] Staging: w35und: make wb35_probe() and wb35_disconnect() funtions static Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 04/49] Staging: w35und: remove unused wb35_open() and wb35_close() functions Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 05/49] Staging: w35und: use msleep() and udelay() Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 06/49] Staging: w35und: remove the no-op pa_stall_execution macro Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 07/49] Staging: w35und: purb typedef removal Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 08/49] Staging: w35und: reg queue struct " Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 09/49] Staging: w35und: wb35reg " Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 10/49] Staging: w35und: padapter " Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 11/49] Staging: w35und: merge wblinux struct to adapter Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 12/49] Staging: w35und: wb35_probe() cleanup Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 13/49] Staging: w35und: remove usb_submit_urb wrapper function Greg KH
2008-10-29 23:09   ` Pavel Machek
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 14/49] Staging: w35und: remove usb_alloc_urb " Greg KH
2008-10-29 23:10   ` Pavel Machek
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 15/49] w35und: remove dead code from wbusb_f.h Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 16/49] Staging: w35und: remove true/false boolean macros Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 17/49] Staging: w35und: OS_MEMORY_ALLOC wrapper removal Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 18/49] Staging: w35und: usb_put_dev() is missing from wb35_disconnect() Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 19/49] Staging: w35und: remove macro magic from MLME_GetNextPacket() Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 20/49] Staging: w35und: plug memory leak in wbsoft_tx() Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 21/49] Staging: w35und: move supported band initialization out of wb35_probe() Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 22/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Remove PCI/PLX/PCMCIA files Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 23/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Update Help text to mention prism3 devices Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 24/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Delete PCI/PLX/PCMCIA-specific code Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 25/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Make wlan-ng use WEXT mode by default Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 26/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Eliminate more <2.6 kernel support Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 27/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Eliminate all backwards-compatibility for <2.6.13 kernels Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 28/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Eliminate a boatload of tertiaryAP-only code Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 29/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Remove AP-only code from MLME functions Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` Greg KH [this message]
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 31/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Eliminate one more rx mtu test Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:39 ` [PATCH 32/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Eliminate local 'version.h' Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 33/49] Staging: wlan-ng: Eliminate usage of procfs Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 34/49] Staging: at76_usb: update drivers/staging/at76_usb w/ mac80211 port Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 35/49] Staging: at76_usb: remove compiler warnings Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 36/49] Staging: at76_usb: fix up all remaining checkpatch.pl warnings Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 37/49] Staging: poch: Block size bug fix Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 38/49] Staging: poch: Update TODO list Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 39/49] Staging: poch: Correct pages from bytes Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 40/49] Staging: poch: minor fixes Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 41/49] Staging: poch: Fix build warnings Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 42/49] Staging: poch: Rx control register init Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 43/49] Staging: poch: Fix user space protocol syncing Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 44/49] Staging: poch: Fine grained locking Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 45/49] Staging: sxg: remove typedefs Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 46/49] Staging: sxg: break the build in a cleaner way when !x86 Greg KH
2008-10-29 22:40 ` [PATCH 47/49] Staging: add agnx wireless driver Greg KH

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