Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: vt6656: Make 'rx_rate' u8 instead of u8 *

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On 28/09/16 08:40, Dan Carpenter wrote:
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 02:52:49PM -0300, Martin Alonso wrote:
Change the type and uses of rx_rate.

Signed-off-by: Martin Alonso <martin.alonso@xxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c
index 655f000..782b7d7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ int vnt_rx_data(struct vnt_private *priv, struct vnt_rcb *ptr_rcb,
 	__le64 *tsf_time;
 	u32 frame_size;
 	int ii, r;
-	u8 *rx_rate, *sq, *sq_3;
+	u8 rx_rate;
+	u8 *sq, *sq_3;
 	u32 wbk_status;
 	u8 *skb_data;
 	u16 *pay_load_len;
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ int vnt_rx_data(struct vnt_private *priv, struct vnt_rcb *ptr_rcb,

 	skb_data = (u8 *)skb->data;

-	rx_rate = skb_data + 5;
+	rx_rate = *(skb_data + 5);

It occurs to me that we don't check that skb->len is large enough here.
We just assume it has at least 5 bytes.

TODO: vt6656: verify skb->len before using it.

skb->len is always set to the tail room then trimmed by this function.

Regards

Malcolm
































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