Re: rtlwifi: rtl8192c_common: "BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds"

Dmitry Osipenko
2017-02-05T11:34:24Z

On 05.02.2017 04:05, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 02/04/2017 01:32 PM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> On 04.02.2017 21:41, Larry Finger wrote:
>>> On 02/04/2017 10:58 AM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>>>> Seems the problem is caused by rtl92c_dm_*() casting .priv to "struct
>>>> rtl_pci_priv", while it is "struct rtl_usb_priv".
>>>
>>> Those routines are shared by rtl8192ce and rtl8192cu, thus we need to make that
>>> difference in cast to be immaterial. I think we need to move "struct
>>> bt_coexist_info" to the beginning of both rtlpci_priv and rtl_usb_priv. Then it
>>> should not matter.
>>>
>>> I do not have a gcc version new enough to turn KASAN testing on, thus the
>>> attached patch is only compile tested. Does it fix the problem?
>>
>> Thank you for the patch, it indeed fixes the bug.
>>
>> I noticed that struct rtl_priv contains .btcoexist, isn't it duplicated in the
>> struct rtl_pci_priv?
>
> Thanks for testing. When I submit the patch, is it OK to cite your reporting and
> testing?

Sure, Tested-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@gmail.com>

> Yes, the bt_coexist_info structure is in two different places. I will change the
> code in rtl8192c-common and rtl8192ce to use only the one in rtlpriv. That
> should satisfy the problem you reported, as well as clean up the code.
>
> Thanks again,

Good, thank you.

BTW, I have an issue with the 8192cu: WiFi stops to work after a while (3-15
minutes) if I enable WMM QoS on the AP. There is nothing suspicious in KMSG,
connection is up but no packets go in/out. I tried to enable debug messages in
the driver, so when the WiFi stops to work I see that some "temperature/led"
notify still going on in the driver, but nothing happens when I try to initiate
a transfer (say to open a web page) - the log is silent, like the requests are
getting stuck/dropped somewhere before reaching the driver. Is it a known issue?
With the QoS disabled everything works hunky-dory, however I get 2x-4x faster
download speed with QoS enabled (while it works.)

I noticed that rtl92c_init_edca_param() isn't wired in the driver, so I suppose
the QoS isn't implemented yet, right?

If it is an expected behaviour, I think at least printing a warning message in
the KMSG like "QoS unimplemented, you may expect problems" should be good enough
to avoid confusion.

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Dmitry