skb->protocol variable type is __be16 and in if condition
it is comparing with ETH_P_80211_RAW constant variable
which is not __be16 type. Using be16_to_cpu() function,
value of skb->protocol converted native processor format.
This bug was found by sparse.
Signed-off-by: Ebru Akagunduz <ebru.akagunduz@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
* and return success .
* TODO: we need a saner way to handle this
*/
- if (skb->protocol != ETH_P_80211_RAW) {
+ if (be16_to_cpu(skb->protocol) != ETH_P_80211_RAW) {
netif_start_queue(wlandev->netdev);
netdev_notice(netdev, "Tx attempt prior to association, frame dropped.\n");
netdev->stats.tx_dropped++;
}
/* Check for raw transmits */
- if (skb->protocol == ETH_P_80211_RAW) {
+ if (be16_to_cpu(skb->protocol) == ETH_P_80211_RAW) {
if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
result = 1;
goto failed;