ath10k: fix out of bounds access to local buffer
authorMichael Mera <dev@michaelmera.com>
Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:11:57 +0000 (16:11 +0900)
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Thu, 4 May 2017 12:58:57 +0000 (15:58 +0300)
During write to debugfs file simulate_fw_crash, fixed-size local buffer
'buf' is accessed and modified at index 'count-1', where 'count' is the
size of the write (so potentially out of bounds).
This patch fixes this problem.

Signed-off-by: Michael Mera <dev@michaelmera.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c

index 4cd2a0fd49d6e53c08c7d2af5b1d1542f811affd..389fcb7a9fd0fdf7313f0acc2dc8e5b436644153 100644 (file)
@@ -625,17 +625,21 @@ static ssize_t ath10k_write_simulate_fw_crash(struct file *file,
                                              size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
        struct ath10k *ar = file->private_data;
-       char buf[32];
+       char buf[32] = {0};
+       ssize_t rc;
        int ret;
 
-       simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, ppos, user_buf, count);
+       /* filter partial writes and invalid commands */
+       if (*ppos != 0 || count >= sizeof(buf) || count == 0)
+               return -EINVAL;
 
-       /* make sure that buf is null terminated */
-       buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = 0;
+       rc = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, ppos, user_buf, count);
+       if (rc < 0)
+               return rc;
 
        /* drop the possible '\n' from the end */
-       if (buf[count - 1] == '\n')
-               buf[count - 1] = 0;
+       if (buf[*ppos - 1] == '\n')
+               buf[*ppos - 1] = '\0';
 
        mutex_lock(&ar->conf_mutex);