3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ 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 @@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ 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;