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Re: [rt2x00-users] [PATCH] compat-wireless:rt2800usb: Added rx packet length validity check

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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 08:53:55PM +0400, Sergei Poselenov wrote:
>> On our system (ARM Cortex-M3 SOC running linux-2.6.33 with
>> compat-wireless-3.4-rc3-1 modules configured for rt2x00) frequent
> Please remove compat-wireless reference here and in the subject.
>
>> crashes were observed in rt2800usb module because of the invalid
>> length of the received packet (3392, 46920...). This patch adds
>> the sanity check on the packet legth. In case of the bad length,
>> mark the packet as with CRC error.
>>
>> The fix was also tested on the latest
>> compat-wireless-3.5.1-1-snpc.tar.bz2, applies cleanly.
>>
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Poselenov <sposelenov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c |   10 ++++++++--
>>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/usbwifi/compat-wireless-3.4-rc3-1/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c b/usbwifi/compat-wireless-3.4-rc3-1/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
>> index 001735f..6776ec8 100644
>> --- a/usbwifi/compat-wireless-3.4-rc3-1/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
>> +++ b/usbwifi/compat-wireless-3.4-rc3-1/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
>> @@ -662,13 +662,18 @@ static void rt2800usb_fill_rxdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
>>       rx_pkt_len = rt2x00_get_field32(word, RXINFO_W0_USB_DMA_RX_PKT_LEN);
>>
>>       /*
>> -      * Remove the RXINFO structure from the sbk.
>> +      * Remove the RXINFO structure from the skb.
>>        */
>>       skb_pull(entry->skb, RXINFO_DESC_SIZE);
> Would be great if you could post this as separate patch.
>
>>       /*
>> -      * FIXME: we need to check for rx_pkt_len validity
>> +      * Check for rx_pkt_len validity, mark as failed.
>>        */
>> +     if (rx_pkt_len > entry->skb->len) {
>> +             rxdesc->flags |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC;
>> +             goto procrxwi;
>
> I would rather prefer something like
>
> if (unlikely(rx_pkt_len == 0 || rx_pkt_len > entry->queue->data_size)) {
>         /* Process error in rt2x00lib_rxdone() */
>         rxdesc->size = rx_pkt_len;
>         return;
> }

But how do you know the packet is correct then? Obviously something is wrong,
so just resetting the rxdesc->size wouldn't be a solution right?

Ivo
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