2014-02-05 15:47:01

by Maurizio Lombardi

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Subject: [PATCH RESEND] wlags49_h2: Fix overflow in wireless_set_essid()

This patch prevents the wireless_set_essid() function from overwriting
the last byte of the NetworkName buffer which must be NULL.

Signed-off-by: Maurizio Lombardi <[email protected]>
---
drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c
index 4a1ddaf..187fc06 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_wext.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ static int wireless_set_essid(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *in
goto out;
}

- if (data->flags != 0 && data->length > HCF_MAX_NAME_LEN + 1) {
+ if (data->flags != 0 && data->length > HCF_MAX_NAME_LEN) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
--
Maurizio Lombardi