4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 784047eb2d3405a35087af70cba46170c5576b25 upstream.
The "len" could be as low as -14 so we should check for negatives.
Fixes: 9a7fe54ddc3a ("staging: r8188eu: Add source files for new driver - part 1")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ int rtw_check_beacon_data(struct adapter
return _FAIL;
- if (len > MAX_IE_SZ)
+ if (len < 0 || len > MAX_IE_SZ)
return _FAIL;
pbss_network->IELength = len;