From: Zhu Yi Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:32:50 +0000 (+0800) Subject: [PATCH] ieee80211: Fix kernel panic when QoS is enabled X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=efa53ebe0d2f50bf342eb1976824f59bba9941eb;p=mv-sheeva.git [PATCH] ieee80211: Fix kernel panic when QoS is enabled The 802.11 header length is affected by the wireless mode (WDS or not) and type (QoS or not). We should use the variable hdr_len instead of the hard coded IEEE80211_3ADDR_LEN, otherwise we may touch invalid memory. Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c index ae254497ba3..854fc13cd78 100644 --- a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c +++ b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ int ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) * this stack is providing the full 802.11 header, one will * eventually be affixed to this fragment -- so we must account * for it when determining the amount of payload space. */ - bytes_per_frag = frag_size - IEEE80211_3ADDR_LEN; + bytes_per_frag = frag_size - hdr_len; if (ieee->config & (CFG_IEEE80211_COMPUTE_FCS | CFG_IEEE80211_RESERVE_FCS)) bytes_per_frag -= IEEE80211_FCS_LEN; @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ int ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) } else { nr_frags = 1; bytes_per_frag = bytes_last_frag = bytes; - frag_size = bytes + IEEE80211_3ADDR_LEN; + frag_size = bytes + hdr_len; } rts_required = (frag_size > ieee->rts