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staging: rtl8188eu: Fix potential security hole
commit 499c405 upstream. In routine rtw_hostapd_ioctl(), the user-controlled p->length is assumed to be at least the size of struct ieee_param size, but this assumption is never checked. This could result in out-of-bounds read/write on kernel heap in case a p->length less than the size of struct ieee_param is specified by the user. If p->length is allowed to be greater than the size of the struct, then a malicious user could be wasting kernel memory. Fixes commit a2c60d4 ("Add files for new driver - part 16"). Reported by: Pietro Oliva <pietroliva@gmail.com> Cc: Pietro Oliva <pietroliva@gmail.com> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Fixes: a2c60d4 ("staging: r8188eu: Add files for new driver - part 16") Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200210180235.21691-2-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c

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@@ -2859,7 +2859,7 @@ static int rtw_hostapd_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_point *p)
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goto out;
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}
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if (!p->pointer) {
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if (!p->pointer || p->length != sizeof(struct ieee_param)) {
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ret = -EINVAL;
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goto out;
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}

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