From: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> The parameter buflen is unsigned so the condition buflen < 0 is always false. The patch fixes the if statement checking the buffer length. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Franky Lin <frankyl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- .../net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c index 15c5db5..a081e68 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ brcmf_c_mkiovar_bsscfg(char *name, char *data, uint datalen, namelen = (u32) strlen(name) + 1; /* lengh of iovar name + null */ iolen = prefixlen + namelen + sizeof(bssidx_le) + datalen; - if (buflen < 0 || iolen > (u32)buflen) { + if ((u32)buflen < iolen) { brcmf_dbg(ERROR, "buffer is too short\n"); return 0; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html