* [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8192e: Fix possible buffer overflow in _rtl92e_wx_set_scan
@ 2021-02-26 14:51 Lee Gibson
2021-02-26 15:06 ` Dan Carpenter
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Lee Gibson @ 2021-02-26 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gregkh; +Cc: dan.carpenter, devel, linux-kernel, Lee Gibson
Function _rtl92e_wx_set_scan calls memcpy without checking the length.
A user could control that length and trigger a buffer overflow.
Fix by checking the length is within the maximum allowed size.
Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Gibson <leegib@gmail.com>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
index 16bcee13f64b..407effde5e71 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
@@ -406,9 +406,10 @@ static int _rtl92e_wx_set_scan(struct net_device *dev,
struct iw_scan_req *req = (struct iw_scan_req *)b;
if (req->essid_len) {
- ieee->current_network.ssid_len = req->essid_len;
- memcpy(ieee->current_network.ssid, req->essid,
- req->essid_len);
+ int len = min_t(int, req->essid_len, IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE);
+
+ ieee->current_network.ssid_len = len;
+ memcpy(ieee->current_network.ssid, req->essid, len);
}
}
--
2.25.1
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* Re: [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8192e: Fix possible buffer overflow in _rtl92e_wx_set_scan
2021-02-26 14:51 [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8192e: Fix possible buffer overflow in _rtl92e_wx_set_scan Lee Gibson
@ 2021-02-26 15:06 ` Dan Carpenter
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From: Dan Carpenter @ 2021-02-26 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lee Gibson; +Cc: gregkh, devel, linux-kernel
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 02:51:57PM +0000, Lee Gibson wrote:
> Function _rtl92e_wx_set_scan calls memcpy without checking the length.
> A user could control that length and trigger a buffer overflow.
> Fix by checking the length is within the maximum allowed size.
>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Gibson <leegib@gmail.com>
> ---
Thanks!
regards,
dan carpenter
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