On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 02:26:04PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently the for-loop counter i is a u8 however it is being checked
> against a maximum value priv->ieee80211->LinkDetectInfo.SlotNum which is a
> u16. Hence there is a potential wrap-around of counter i back to zero if
> priv->ieee80211->LinkDetectInfo.SlotNum is greater than 255. Fix this by
> making i a u16.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Infinite loop")
> Fixes: 8fc8598e61f6 ("Staging: Added Realtek rtl8192u driver to staging")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> index 48f1591ed5b4..fd91b7c5ca81 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> @@ -3210,7 +3210,7 @@ static void rtl819x_update_rxcounts(struct r8192_priv *priv, u32 *TotalRxBcnNum,
> u32 *TotalRxDataNum)
> {
> u16 SlotIndex;
> - u8 i;
> + u16 i;
The iterator "i" should just be an int unless we know that it needs to
be an unsigned long long.
regards,
dan carpenter
