This is an off by one. We would go past the end when we NUL terminate the "value" string at end of the function. The "value" buffer is allocated in irlan_client_parse_response() or irlan_provider_parse_command(). CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c index a788f9e..6130f9d 100644 --- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c +++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c @@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ int irlan_extract_param(__u8 *buf, char *name, char *value, __u16 *len) memcpy(&val_len, buf+n, 2); /* To avoid alignment problems */ le16_to_cpus(&val_len); n+=2; - if (val_len > 1016) { + if (val_len >= 1016) { IRDA_DEBUG(2, "%s(), parameter length to long\n", __func__ ); return -RSP_INVALID_COMMAND_FORMAT; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html