A few lines above, space is kzalloc()'ed for: sizeof(struct iwl_nvm_data) + sizeof(struct ieee80211_channel) + sizeof(struct ieee80211_rate) 'mvm->nvm_data' is a 'struct iwl_nvm_data', so it is fine. At the end of this structure, there is the 'channels' flex array. Each element is of type 'struct ieee80211_channel'. So only 1 element is allocated in this array. When doing: mvm->nvm_data->bands[0].channels = mvm->nvm_data->channels; We point at the first element of the 'channels' flex array. So this is fine. However, when doing: mvm->nvm_data->bands[0].bitrates = (void *)((u8 *)mvm->nvm_data->channels + 1); because of the "(u8 *)" cast, we add only 1 to the address of the beginning of the flex array. It is likely that we want point at the 'struct ieee80211_rate' allocated just after. Remove the spurious casting so that the pointer arithmetic works as expected. Fixes: 8ca151b568b6 ("iwlwifi: add the MVM driver") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- I've checked in the .s files, and : Before ====== # drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c:801: mvm->nvm_data->bands[0].channels = mvm->nvm_data->channels; leaq 1448(%r13), %rax #, tmp248 # drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c:805: (void *)((u8 *)mvm->nvm_data->channels + 1); leaq 1449(%r13), %rax #, tmp252 After: ===== # drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c:801: mvm->nvm_data->bands[0].channels = mvm->nvm_data->channels; leaq 1448(%r13), %rax #, tmp248 # drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c:805: (void *)(mvm->nvm_data->channels + 1); leaq 1512(%r13), %rax #, tmp252 And on my system sizeof(struct ieee80211_channel) = 64 /!\ This patch is only speculative and untested. /!\ It is strange that a memory corruption issue has been un-noticed for more than 10 years. So review with care. --- drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c index 1f5db65a088d..1d5ee4330f29 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c @@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ int iwl_run_init_mvm_ucode(struct iwl_mvm *mvm) mvm->nvm_data->bands[0].n_channels = 1; mvm->nvm_data->bands[0].n_bitrates = 1; mvm->nvm_data->bands[0].bitrates = - (void *)((u8 *)mvm->nvm_data->channels + 1); + (void *)(mvm->nvm_data->channels + 1); mvm->nvm_data->bands[0].bitrates->hw_value = 10; } -- 2.34.1