The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From dd2349121bb1b8ff688c3ca6a2a0bea9d8c142ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 21:08:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] brcmfmac: Add check for short event packets The length of the data in the received skb is currently passed into brcmf_fweh_process_event() as packet_len, but this value is not checked. event_packet should be followed by DATALEN bytes of additional event data. Ensure that the received packet actually contains at least DATALEN bytes of additional data, to avoid copying uninitialized memory into event->data. Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.8 Suggested-by: Mattias Nissler <mnissler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c index 4eb1e1ce9ace..ef72baf6dd96 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c @@ -429,7 +429,8 @@ void brcmf_fweh_process_event(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, if (code != BRCMF_E_IF && !fweh->evt_handler[code]) return; - if (datalen > BRCMF_DCMD_MAXLEN) + if (datalen > BRCMF_DCMD_MAXLEN || + datalen + sizeof(*event_packet) > packet_len) return; if (in_interrupt())