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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2012-08-01 16:13:02 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2012-08-20 13:57:50 +0200
commit5bc1420b11903e9f8c470d3b33061b8de0c5c005 (patch)
tree5fa942edea59ad047aa58f9d84c6259cd3b4f314 /net/mac80211/util.c
parentmac80211: fix CSA handling timer (diff)
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mac80211: check size of channel switch IE when parsing
The channel switch IE has a fixed size, so we can discard it in parsing if it's not the right size and use the right struct pointer. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/util.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/util.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 99e4258bdb26..7dff94e43a0c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -768,8 +768,11 @@ u32 ieee802_11_parse_elems_crc(u8 *start, size_t len,
elem_parse_failed = true;
break;
case WLAN_EID_CHANNEL_SWITCH:
- elems->ch_switch_elem = pos;
- elems->ch_switch_elem_len = elen;
+ if (elen != sizeof(struct ieee80211_channel_sw_ie)) {
+ elem_parse_failed = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ elems->ch_switch_ie = (void *)pos;
break;
case WLAN_EID_QUIET:
if (!elems->quiet_elem) {