Subject: mac80211: fix HT information element parsing There's no checking that the HT IEs are of the right length which can be used by an attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access by sending a too short HT information/capability IE. Fix it by simply pretending those IEs didn't exist when too short. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 6 ++---- net/mac80211/mlme.c | 3 --- net/mac80211/util.c | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- everything.orig/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h 2008-10-07 20:05:26.000000000 +0200 +++ everything/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h 2008-10-07 20:06:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -816,8 +816,8 @@ struct ieee802_11_elems { u8 *ext_supp_rates; u8 *wmm_info; u8 *wmm_param; - u8 *ht_cap_elem; - u8 *ht_info_elem; + struct ieee80211_ht_cap *ht_cap_elem; + struct ieee80211_ht_addt_info *ht_info_elem; u8 *mesh_config; u8 *mesh_id; u8 *peer_link; @@ -844,8 +844,6 @@ struct ieee802_11_elems { u8 ext_supp_rates_len; u8 wmm_info_len; u8 wmm_param_len; - u8 ht_cap_elem_len; - u8 ht_info_elem_len; u8 mesh_config_len; u8 mesh_id_len; u8 peer_link_len; --- everything.orig/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2008-10-07 20:06:44.000000000 +0200 +++ everything/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2008-10-07 20:06:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -1349,10 +1349,8 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_assoc_resp (ifsta->flags & IEEE80211_STA_WMM_ENABLED)) { struct ieee80211_ht_bss_info bss_info; ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_ht_info( - (struct ieee80211_ht_cap *) elems.ht_cap_elem, &sta->sta.ht_info); ieee80211_ht_addt_info_ie_to_ht_bss_info( - (struct ieee80211_ht_addt_info *) elems.ht_info_elem, &bss_info); ieee80211_handle_ht(local, 1, &sta->sta.ht_info, &bss_info); } @@ -1715,7 +1713,6 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_beacon(str struct ieee80211_ht_bss_info bss_info; ieee80211_ht_addt_info_ie_to_ht_bss_info( - (struct ieee80211_ht_addt_info *) elems.ht_info_elem, &bss_info); changed |= ieee80211_handle_ht(local, 1, &conf->ht_conf, &bss_info); --- everything.orig/net/mac80211/util.c 2008-10-07 20:06:43.000000000 +0200 +++ everything/net/mac80211/util.c 2008-10-07 20:06:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -529,12 +529,12 @@ void ieee802_11_parse_elems(u8 *start, s elems->ext_supp_rates_len = elen; break; case WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY: - elems->ht_cap_elem = pos; - elems->ht_cap_elem_len = elen; + if (elen >= sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_cap)) + elems->ht_cap_elem = (void *)pos; break; case WLAN_EID_HT_EXTRA_INFO: - elems->ht_info_elem = pos; - elems->ht_info_elem_len = elen; + if (elen >= sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_addt_info)) + elems->ht_info_elem = (void *)pos; break; case WLAN_EID_MESH_ID: elems->mesh_id = pos;