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ath10k: add sanity check to ie_len before parsing fw/board ie

Message ID 1514404931-9078-1-git-send-email-ryanhsu@qti.qualcomm.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
Delegated to: Kalle Valo
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Commit Message

ryanhsu@qti.qualcomm.com Dec. 27, 2017, 8:02 p.m. UTC 
From: Ryan Hsu <ryanhsu@qti.qualcomm.com>

Validate ie_len after the alignment padding before access the buffer
to avoid potential overflow.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Hsu <ryanhsu@qti.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index 042175a..2f24c17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,10 @@  static int ath10k_core_fetch_board_data_api_n(struct ath10k *ar,
 		len -= sizeof(*hdr);
 		data = hdr->data;
 
-		if (len < ALIGN(ie_len, 4)) {
+		/* jump over the padding */
+		ie_len = ALIGN(ie_len, 4);
+
+		if (len < ie_len) {
 			ath10k_err(ar, "invalid length for board ie_id %d ie_len %zu len %zu\n",
 				   ie_id, ie_len, len);
 			ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1279,8 +1282,6 @@  static int ath10k_core_fetch_board_data_api_n(struct ath10k *ar,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		/* jump over the padding */
-		ie_len = ALIGN(ie_len, 4);
 
 		len -= ie_len;
 		data += ie_len;
@@ -1412,6 +1413,9 @@  int ath10k_core_fetch_firmware_api_n(struct ath10k *ar, const char *name,
 		len -= sizeof(*hdr);
 		data += sizeof(*hdr);
 
+		/* jump over the padding */
+		ie_len = ALIGN(ie_len, 4);
+
 		if (len < ie_len) {
 			ath10k_err(ar, "invalid length for FW IE %d (%zu < %zu)\n",
 				   ie_id, len, ie_len);
@@ -1517,9 +1521,6 @@  int ath10k_core_fetch_firmware_api_n(struct ath10k *ar, const char *name,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		/* jump over the padding */
-		ie_len = ALIGN(ie_len, 4);
-
 		len -= ie_len;
 		data += ie_len;
 	}