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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: add cfg80211_find_vendor_ie() function

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On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> +const u8 *cfg80211_find_vendor_ie(unsigned int oui, u8 oui_type,
>> +                               const u8 *ies, int len)
>> +{
>> +     struct ieee80211_vendor_ie *ie;
>> +     const u8 *pos = ies, *end = ies + len;
>> +     int ie_oui;
>> +
>> +     while (pos < end) {
>> +             pos = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC, pos,
>> +                                    end - pos);
>> +             if (!pos)
>> +                     return NULL;
>> +
>> +             if (end - pos < sizeof(*ie))
>> +                     return NULL;
>> +
>> +             ie = (struct ieee80211_vendor_ie *)pos;
>> +             ie_oui = ie->oui[0] << 16 | ie->oui[1] << 8 | ie->oui[2];
>> +             if (ie_oui == oui && ie->oui_type == oui_type)
>> +                     return pos;
>> +
>> +             pos += 2 + ie->len;
>
> I think it should also check that the whole IE including ie->len (not
> just sizeof(*ie) fits into the buffer, before returning it. That is, add
> something like
>
> if (end - pos < 2 + ie->len)
>        return NULL;
>
> after the sizeof(*ie) check.
>
cfg80211_find_ie() already checks for it.

Eliad.
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