On 2/20/21 12:21, Atul Gopinathan wrote:
> The variable "info_element" is of the following type:
> struct rtllib_info_element *info_element
>
> rtllib_info_element is a struct containing the following fields as
> defined in drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h:
>
> struct rtllib_info_element {
> u8 id;
> u8 len;
> u8 data[];
> } __packed;
>
> The following code of interest (to which this patch applies) is
> supposed to check if the "info_element->len" is greater than 4 and
> equal to 6, if this is satisfied then, the last two bytes (the
> 4th and 5th index of u8 "data" array) are copied into
> "network->CcxRmState".
>
> Currently the code uses "memcpy()" with the source as
> "&info_element[4]" which would copy in wrong and unintended
> information.
>
> This patch rectifies this error by using "&info_element->data[4]" which
> rightly copies the last two bytes as the required state information.
You should include a 'Fixes' tag for this.
Also, is this code in -stable? If so, then tag this patch for stable, please.
Thanks
--
Gustavo
>
> Signed-off-by: Atul Gopinathan <atulgopinat...@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
> index 66c135321da4..15bbb63ca130 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c
> @@ -1963,15 +1963,15 @@ static void rtllib_parse_mife_generic(struct
> rtllib_device *ieee,
>
> if (info_element->len > 4 &&
> info_element->data[0] == 0x00 &&
> info_element->data[1] == 0x40 &&
> info_element->data[2] == 0x96 &&
> info_element->data[3] == 0x01) {
> if (info_element->len == 6) {
> - memcpy(network->CcxRmState, &info_element[4], 2);
> + memcpy(network->CcxRmState, &info_element->data[4], 2);
> if (network->CcxRmState[0] != 0)
> network->bCcxRmEnable = true;
> else
> network->bCcxRmEnable = false;
> network->MBssidMask = network->CcxRmState[1] & 0x07;
> if (network->MBssidMask != 0) {
> network->bMBssidValid = true;
>
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