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staging: rtl8723bs: Fix potential security hole
authorLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:02:31 +0000 (12:02 -0600)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:22:17 +0000 (17:22 +0100)
commitbdd335f6f550d56f7f0c32fed5e23ab1fb90e321
tree19fd22e6799a54f09a51f05d99a64e24809ecb23
parent79eaaab13662d7751b027cca5263a2bc022eb8af
staging: rtl8723bs: Fix potential security hole

commit 2a1951899c14aad6373531ed3bcae5c3af209d9d 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 84ed90a855bc6 ("0taging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver").

Reported by: Pietro Oliva <pietroliva@gmail.com>
Cc: Pietro Oliva <pietroliva@gmail.com>
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes 84ed90a855bc6 ("0taging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver").
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200210180235.21691-3-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c