brcmfmac: add length check in brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler()
authorArend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 08:47:53 +0000 (10:47 +0200)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 06:57:36 +0000 (07:57 +0100)
commit6fc95d98be5a1cf6058d4e99c57cc6b0710bf9bd
tree7b8bd55315e523acf7b97b7171ca418fc65fded8
parent6f3b85f5138289848c47d05da576442145f889df
brcmfmac: add length check in brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler()

Upon handling the firmware notification for scans the length was
checked properly and may result in corrupting kernel heap memory
due to buffer overruns. This fix addresses CVE-2017-0786.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.0.x
Cc: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Franky Lin <franky.lin@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Gbp-Pq: Topic bugfix/all
Gbp-Pq: Name brcmfmac-add-length-check-in-brcmf_cfg80211_escan_ha.patch
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c