Author: nbd
Date: 2015-07-31 21:49:17 +0200 (Fri, 31 Jul 2015)
New Revision: 46533

Added:
   
trunk/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-fix-invalid-read-in-minstrel_sort_best_tp_r.patch
Log:
mac80211: fix an invalid read in minstrel rate sorting

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]>

Added: 
trunk/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-fix-invalid-read-in-minstrel_sort_best_tp_r.patch
===================================================================
--- 
trunk/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-fix-invalid-read-in-minstrel_sort_best_tp_r.patch
                                (rev 0)
+++ 
trunk/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-fix-invalid-read-in-minstrel_sort_best_tp_r.patch
        2015-07-31 19:49:17 UTC (rev 46533)
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From: Adrien Schildknecht <[email protected]>
+Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:30:16 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: fix invalid read in minstrel_sort_best_tp_rates()
+
+At the last iteration of the loop, j may equal zero and thus
+tp_list[j - 1] causes an invalid read.
+Changed the logic of the loop so that j - 1 is always >= 0.
+
+Signed-off-by: Adrien Schildknecht <[email protected]>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c
+@@ -92,14 +92,15 @@ int minstrel_get_tp_avg(struct minstrel_
+ static inline void
+ minstrel_sort_best_tp_rates(struct minstrel_sta_info *mi, int i, u8 *tp_list)
+ {
+-      int j = MAX_THR_RATES;
+-      struct minstrel_rate_stats *tmp_mrs = &mi->r[j - 1].stats;
++      int j;
++      struct minstrel_rate_stats *tmp_mrs;
+       struct minstrel_rate_stats *cur_mrs = &mi->r[i].stats;
+ 
+-      while (j > 0 && (minstrel_get_tp_avg(&mi->r[i], cur_mrs->prob_ewma) >
+-             minstrel_get_tp_avg(&mi->r[tp_list[j - 1]], 
tmp_mrs->prob_ewma))) {
+-              j--;
++      for (j = MAX_THR_RATES; j > 0; --j) {
+               tmp_mrs = &mi->r[tp_list[j - 1]].stats;
++              if (minstrel_get_tp_avg(&mi->r[i], cur_mrs->prob_ewma) <=
++                  minstrel_get_tp_avg(&mi->r[tp_list[j - 1]], 
tmp_mrs->prob_ewma))
++                      break;
+       }
+ 
+       if (j < MAX_THR_RATES - 1)
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