[added to the 4.1 stable tree] ath9k: fix tx99 potential info leak

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From: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch has been added to the  stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

===============

[ Upstream commit ee0a47186e2fa9aa1c56cadcea470ca0ba8c8692 ]

When the user sets count to zero the string buffer would remain
completely uninitialized which causes the kernel to parse its
own stack data, potentially leading to an info leak. In addition
to that, the string might be not terminated properly when the
user data does not contain a 0-terminator.

Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Böhmwalder <christoph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/tx99.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/tx99.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/tx99.c
index b4e6304afd40..7ee1a3183a06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/tx99.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/tx99.c
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ static ssize_t write_file_tx99(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 	ssize_t len;
 	int r;
 
+	if (count < 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (sc->cur_chan->nvifs > 1)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
@@ -187,6 +190,8 @@ static ssize_t write_file_tx99(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 	if (copy_from_user(buf, user_buf, len))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	buf[len] = '\0';
+
 	if (strtobool(buf, &start))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-- 
2.11.0




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