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* [PATCH] ipw2x00: Write outside array bounds
@ 2009-07-25 21:48 Roel Kluin
  2009-07-27  2:10 ` Zhu Yi
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Roel Kluin @ 2009-07-25 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: yi.zhu, linux-wireless, ipw2100-devel, Andrew Morton

channel_index loops up to IPW_SCAN_CHANNELS, but is used after being
incremented. This might be able to access 1 past the end of the array

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
index 44c29b3..d1c9d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
@@ -6249,7 +6249,10 @@ static void ipw_add_scan_channels(struct ipw_priv *priv,
 
 				channels[channel - 1] = 1;
 				priv->speed_scan_pos++;
-				channel_index++;
+
+				if (++channel_index >= IPW_SCAN_CHANNELS)
+					break;
+
 				scan->channels_list[channel_index] = channel;
 				index =
 				    ieee80211_channel_to_index(priv->ieee, channel);

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* Re: [PATCH] ipw2x00: Write outside array bounds
  2009-07-25 21:48 [PATCH] ipw2x00: Write outside array bounds Roel Kluin
@ 2009-07-27  2:10 ` Zhu Yi
  2009-08-03 19:51   ` John W. Linville
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Zhu Yi @ 2009-07-27  2:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Roel Kluin; +Cc: linux-wireless, ipw2100-devel, Andrew Morton

On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 05:48 +0800, Roel Kluin wrote:
> channel_index loops up to IPW_SCAN_CHANNELS, but is used after being
> incremented. This might be able to access 1 past the end of the array
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>

Thanks. Do you think below patch is better?

Thanks,
-yi

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
index 2dc1cdb..07f171c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
@@ -6226,7 +6226,7 @@ static void ipw_add_scan_channels(struct ipw_priv *priv,
 			};
 
 			u8 channel;
-			while (channel_index < IPW_SCAN_CHANNELS) {
+			while (channel_index < IPW_SCAN_CHANNELS - 1) {
 				channel =
 				    priv->speed_scan[priv->speed_scan_pos];
 				if (channel == 0) {


> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
> index 44c29b3..d1c9d6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
> @@ -6249,7 +6249,10 @@ static void ipw_add_scan_channels(struct ipw_priv *priv,
>  
>  				channels[channel - 1] = 1;
>  				priv->speed_scan_pos++;
> -				channel_index++;
> +
> +				if (++channel_index >= IPW_SCAN_CHANNELS)
> +					break;
> +
>  				scan->channels_list[channel_index] = channel;
>  				index =
>  				    ieee80211_channel_to_index(priv->ieee, channel);


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* Re: [PATCH] ipw2x00: Write outside array bounds
  2009-07-27  2:10 ` Zhu Yi
@ 2009-08-03 19:51   ` John W. Linville
  2009-08-04  0:35     ` Zhu Yi
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: John W. Linville @ 2009-08-03 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zhu Yi; +Cc: Roel Kluin, linux-wireless, ipw2100-devel, Andrew Morton

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:10:20AM +0800, Zhu Yi wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 05:48 +0800, Roel Kluin wrote:
> > channel_index loops up to IPW_SCAN_CHANNELS, but is used after being
> > incremented. This might be able to access 1 past the end of the array
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
> 
> Thanks. Do you think below patch is better?

Didn't see an answer here...which patch do we want?

John
-- 
John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville@tuxdriver.com			might be all we have.  Be ready.
			¡Viva Honduras Libre!

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* Re: [PATCH] ipw2x00: Write outside array bounds
  2009-08-03 19:51   ` John W. Linville
@ 2009-08-04  0:35     ` Zhu Yi
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Zhu Yi @ 2009-08-04  0:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: John W. Linville; +Cc: Roel Kluin, linux-wireless, ipw2100-devel, Andrew Morton

On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 03:51 +0800, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:10:20AM +0800, Zhu Yi wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 05:48 +0800, Roel Kluin wrote:
> > > channel_index loops up to IPW_SCAN_CHANNELS, but is used after being
> > > incremented. This might be able to access 1 past the end of the array
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Thanks. Do you think below patch is better?
> 
> Didn't see an answer here...which patch do we want?

Please apply mine.

Thanks,
-yi


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