On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 03:52:53PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 9/27/18 12:04 PM, Aymen Qader wrote:
> > Avoid null pointer arithmetic in rtw_mlme_ext.c by skipping other field
> > checks if the information element pointer is null.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Aymen Qader <qader.ay...@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> > b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> > index 834053a0ae9d..8a3a71456cd0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> > @@ -2971,8 +2971,10 @@ static unsigned int OnAssocReq(struct adapter
> > *padapter,
> > /* checking SSID */
> > p = rtw_get_ie(pframe + WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + ie_offset, _SSID_IE_, &ie_len,
> > pkt_len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - ie_offset);
> > - if (!p)
> > + if (!p) {
> > status = _STATS_FAILURE_;
> > + goto OnAssocReqFail;
> > + }
> > if (ie_len == 0) { /* broadcast ssid, however it is not allowed in
> > assocreq */
> > status = _STATS_FAILURE_;
>
> I do not think this patch avoids any pointer arithmetic. If p is NULL, then
> ie_len will be zero and the branch with the memcmp() call, where the pointer
> arithmetic is done, will be skipped.
I'm sincerely sorry, you're completely right--that was a bad oversight
from me, I should have checked more thoroughly.
>
> That said, it is better to bail out with the first failure condition. I do
> not require the following, but the code would be even simpler if you test p
> and ie_len==0 in a single if statement and eliminate some code as in
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> index 1115050077e4..71722cec84a0 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> @@ -2982,11 +2982,10 @@ static unsigned int OnAssocReq(struct adapter
> *padapter,
> /* checking SSID */
> p = rtw_get_ie(pframe + WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + ie_offset, _SSID_IE_,
> &ie_len,
> pkt_len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - ie_offset);
> - if (!p)
> - status = _STATS_FAILURE_;
>
> - if (ie_len == 0) { /* broadcast ssid, however it is not allowed in
> assocreq */
> + if (!p || ie_len == 0) { /* broadcast ssid, however it is not
> allowed in assocreq */
> status = _STATS_FAILURE_;
> + goto OnAssocReqFail;
> } else {
> /* check if ssid match */
> if (memcmp((void *)(p+2), cur->Ssid.Ssid,
> cur->Ssid.SsidLength))
>
Yep, I understand that would be a lot better. If it's alright, I'll send
this in with a v2 (w/ a more appropriate commit message).
>
> ACKed-by: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry
>
Kind regards,
Aymen
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