Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid
> intentionally writing across neighboring array fields.
>
> Since peer_he_cap_{mac,phy}info and he_cap_elem.{mac,phy}_cap_info are not
> the same sizes, memcpy() was reading beyond field boundaries. Instead,
> correctly cap the copy length and pad out any difference in size
> (peer_he_cap_macinfo is 8 bytes whereas mac_cap_info is 6, and
> peer_he_cap_phyinfo is 12 bytes whereas phy_cap_info is 11).
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <[email protected]>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
c8bcd82a4efd ath11k: Avoid memcpy() over-reading of he_cap
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