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Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] brcmfmac: Avoid possible out-of-bounds read

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+ Greg KH

On 9/12/2017 10:05 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On 9/12/2017 9:47 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On 9/12/2017 7:48 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On 09-09-17 21:30, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
In brcmf_p2p_notify_rx_mgmt_p2p_probereq(), chanspec is assigned before
the length of rxframe is validated.  This could lead to uninitialized
data being accessed (but not printed).  Since we already have a
perfectly good endian-swapped copy of rxframe->chanspec in ch.chspec,
and ch.chspec is not modified by decchspec(), avoid the extra
assignment and use ch.chspec in the debug print.

Suggested-by: Mattias Nissler <mnissler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
     drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c | 3 +--
     1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)


V1->V2: Clarify changelog re: whether the uninitialized data is printed.

This patch and the others in this series look fine to me.

Should these go to v4.14?

I have no strong opinion. These are certainly improvements, but it
does not seem an -rc fix to me. Within this series I would say patch
3/3 adds an additional sanity check in the event processing against an
attack so you may consider adding just that one to v4.14

Ok, I'll queue patch 3 to v4.14.

and tag it for stable, ie.:

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.8.x

But why v3.8.x? I admit that I haven't fully figured out the stable tags
yet, but doesn't that mean that it will be only applied to v3.8.x and
nothing else? I was expecting it to be:

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.8+


It is actually in the stable-kernel-rules documentation [1]:

"""
Also, some patches may have kernel version prerequisites.  This can be
specified in the following format in the sign-off area:

.. code-block:: none

      Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.3.x

The tag has the meaning of:

.. code-block:: none

      git cherry-pick <this commit>

For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.
"""

Yeah, but it says "starting with" which I interpret as "starting with
string '3.3'". For example the commit here would be applied to 3.3.1,
3.3.2 and 3.3.3 etc but _not_ to 3.4, 3.4.1, 3.5 or any later release.

Of course I can be way off here, wouldn't be the first :)

Dito. I interpret "each -stable tree" as each stable branch in the stable repository. Would Greg know?

Regards,
Arend



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