Return-path: Received: from narfation.org ([79.140.41.39]:50154 "EHLO v3-1039.vlinux.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932577AbeFFIr2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2018 04:47:28 -0400 From: Sven Eckelmann To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Matthias Fritzsche , Thomas Lauer , Marcel Schmidt , Antonio Quartulli , Sven Eckelmann , b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: initialize sinfo.filled in cfg80211_get_station Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 10:47:02 +0200 Message-Id: <20180606084702.19825-1-sven@narfation.org> (sfid-20180606_104735_264206_D48BB1B6) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Most of the implementations behind cfg80211_get_station will not initialize sinfo to zero before manipulating it. The member "filled", which indicates the filled in parts of this struct, is often only modified by enabling certain bits in the bitfield while keeping the remaining bits in their original state. A caller without a preinitialized sinfo.filled can then no longer decide which parts of sinfo were filled in by cfg80211_get_station (or actually the underlying implementations). cfg80211_get_station must therefore take care that sinfo.filled is initialized to zero. Otherwise, the caller may tries to read information which was not filled in and which must therefore also be considered uninitialized. In batadv_v_elp_get_throughput's case, an invalid "random" expected throughput may be stored for this neighbor and thus the B.A.T.M.A.N V algorithm may switch to non-optimal neighbors for certain destinations. Fixes: 7406353d43c8 ("cfg80211: implement cfg80211_get_station cfg80211 API") Reported-by: Thomas Lauer Reported-by: Marcel Schmidt Cc: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann --- Matthias, you may want to take care that this is integrated in your firmware. --- net/wireless/util.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c index b5bb1c309914..cd6a695d1230 100644 --- a/net/wireless/util.c +++ b/net/wireless/util.c @@ -1746,6 +1746,8 @@ int cfg80211_get_station(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, if (!rdev->ops->get_station) return -EOPNOTSUPP; + sinfo->filled = 0; + return rdev_get_station(rdev, dev, mac_addr, sinfo); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_get_station); -- 2.11.0