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From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: johannes.berg@intel.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mac80211: validate extended element ID is present" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:32:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1639744352117139@kroah.com> (raw)


The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 768c0b19b50665e337c96858aa2b7928d6dcf756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:10:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: validate extended element ID is present

Before attempting to parse an extended element, verify that
the extended element ID is present.

Fixes: 41cbb0f5a295 ("mac80211: add support for HE")
Reported-by: syzbot+59bdff68edce82e393b6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211211201023.f30a1b128c07.I5cacc176da94ba316877c6e10fe3ceec8b4dbd7d@changeid
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 43df2f0c5db9..6c2934854d3c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -943,7 +943,12 @@ static void ieee80211_parse_extension_element(u32 *crc,
 					      struct ieee802_11_elems *elems)
 {
 	const void *data = elem->data + 1;
-	u8 len = elem->datalen - 1;
+	u8 len;
+
+	if (!elem->datalen)
+		return;
+
+	len = elem->datalen - 1;
 
 	switch (elem->data[0]) {
 	case WLAN_EID_EXT_HE_MU_EDCA:


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