Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753904AbaFJTsi (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:48:38 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:35042 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753047AbaFJTsf (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:48:35 -0400 From: Kamal Mostafa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Larry Finger , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Kamal Mostafa Subject: [PATCH 3.13 022/160] staging: r8712u: Fix case where ethtype was never obtained and always be checked against 0 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:44:22 -0700 Message-Id: <1402429600-20477-23-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1402429600-20477-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> References: <1402429600-20477-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.13 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.13.11.3 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Larry Finger commit f764cd68d9036498f08fe8834deb6a367b5c2542 upstream. Zero-initializing ether_type masked that the ether type would never be obtained for 8021x packets and the comparison against eapol_type would always fail. Reported-by: Jes Sorensen Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa --- drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c index 23ec684..274c359 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ union recv_frame *r8712_portctrl(struct _adapter *adapter, struct sta_info *psta; struct sta_priv *pstapriv; union recv_frame *prtnframe; - u16 ether_type = 0; + u16 ether_type; pstapriv = &adapter->stapriv; ptr = get_recvframe_data(precv_frame); @@ -263,15 +263,14 @@ union recv_frame *r8712_portctrl(struct _adapter *adapter, psta = r8712_get_stainfo(pstapriv, psta_addr); auth_alg = adapter->securitypriv.AuthAlgrthm; if (auth_alg == 2) { + /* get ether_type */ + ptr = ptr + pfhdr->attrib.hdrlen + LLC_HEADER_SIZE; + memcpy(ðer_type, ptr, 2); + ether_type = ntohs((unsigned short)ether_type); + if ((psta != NULL) && (psta->ieee8021x_blocked)) { /* blocked * only accept EAPOL frame */ - prtnframe = precv_frame; - /*get ether_type */ - ptr = ptr + pfhdr->attrib.hdrlen + - pfhdr->attrib.iv_len + LLC_HEADER_SIZE; - memcpy(ðer_type, ptr, 2); - ether_type = ntohs((unsigned short)ether_type); if (ether_type == 0x888e) prtnframe = precv_frame; else { -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/