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From: Adrien Schildknecht <adrien+dev@schischi.me>
To: "Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Cc: "Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@intel.com>,
	"ilw@linux.intel.com" <ilw@linux.intel.com>,
	"kvalo@codeaurora.org" <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
	"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: out-of-bounds access in iwl_init_sband_channels
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 09:04:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150814090408.1521e8fe.adrien+dev@schischi.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0BA3FCBA62E2DC44AF3030971E174FB32E7EA2CE@hasmsx107.ger.corp.intel.com>

Hi,

> On 08/14/2015 03:36 AM, Adrien Schildknecht wrote:
> > Both loops of this function compare data from the 'chan' array and
> > then check if the index is valid.
> > 
> > The 2 conditions should be inverted to avoid an out-of-bounds
> > access.
> > 
> 
> Was that found by a static analyzer or any other automated tool, or
> was that the result of your very careful review?

The error has been reported by KASan:
==================================================================
BUG: KASan: out of bounds access in iwl_init_sband_channels+0x207/0x260 [iwlwifi] at addr ffff8800c2d0aac8
Read of size 4 by task modprobe/329
==================================================================

-- 
Adrien Schildknecht

  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-14  7:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-14  0:35 [PATCH] iwlwifi: out-of-bounds access in iwl_init_sband_channels Adrien Schildknecht
2015-08-14  4:31 ` Grumbach, Emmanuel
2015-08-14  7:04   ` Adrien Schildknecht [this message]
2015-08-14  7:14     ` Kalle Valo
2015-08-14  9:05       ` [PATCH v2] " Adrien Schildknecht

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