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[PATCH] wifi: mac80211: check basic rates validity

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From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>

When userspace sets basic rates, it might send us some rates
list that's empty or consists of invalid values only. We're
currently ignoring invalid values and then may end up with a
rates bitmap that's empty, which later results in a warning.

Reject the call if there were no valid rates.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/mac80211/cfg.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 8eb342300868..d3d861911ed6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -2611,6 +2611,17 @@ static int ieee80211_change_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	if (!sband)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (params->basic_rates) {
+		if (!ieee80211_parse_bitrates(link->conf->chandef.width,
+					      wiphy->bands[sband->band],
+					      params->basic_rates,
+					      params->basic_rates_len,
+					      &link->conf->basic_rates))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES;
+		ieee80211_check_rate_mask(link);
+	}
+
 	if (params->use_cts_prot >= 0) {
 		link->conf->use_cts_prot = params->use_cts_prot;
 		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_ERP_CTS_PROT;
@@ -2632,16 +2643,6 @@ static int ieee80211_change_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_ERP_SLOT;
 	}
 
-	if (params->basic_rates) {
-		ieee80211_parse_bitrates(link->conf->chandef.width,
-					 wiphy->bands[sband->band],
-					 params->basic_rates,
-					 params->basic_rates_len,
-					 &link->conf->basic_rates);
-		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES;
-		ieee80211_check_rate_mask(link);
-	}
-
 	if (params->ap_isolate >= 0) {
 		if (params->ap_isolate)
 			sdata->flags |= IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS;
-- 
2.39.2




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