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Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: buffer overflow in brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx()

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Arend van Spriel
> <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Looks fine to me so ...
>
> I really think that if we can't trust 'len', then we have to check
> against the lower bound of DOT11_MGMT_HDR_LEN too, because otherwise
> we'll just have a big 16-bit number instead.
>
> And we should do that brcmf_err() that I had in my version, which also
> let's people know they are being attacked.

I hope brcmf_err() is ratelimited so that the attacker cannot spam the
logs too much. BTW I didn't see your version of the patch, I guess it
was not CCed to linux-wireless.

Just a side note, but this discussion is not stored in patchwork, I only
see the original patch. No idea why:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9827721/

-- 
Kalle Valo



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