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cfg80211: Fix validation of AKM suites
authorJouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:13:07 +0000 (16:13 +0300)
committerPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:35:22 +0000 (15:35 -0400)
commit9118b81229e62eb080ec68a1dc98b36c509b66d2
tree16493d718b64edd2e17e3b57251fef99b09c4344
parent78d645ad7c66e81342cfde0e90a701c32c11eee6
cfg80211: Fix validation of AKM suites

commit 1b9ca0272ffae212e726380f66777b30a56ed7a5 upstream.

Incorrect variable was used in validating the akm_suites array from
NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES. In addition, there was no explicit
validation of the array length (we only have room for
NL80211_MAX_NR_AKM_SUITES).

This can result in a buffer write overflow for stack variables with
arbitrary data from user space. The nl80211 commands using the affected
functionality require GENL_ADMIN_PERM, so this is only exposed to admin
users.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
net/wireless/nl80211.c