p54: prevent upload of wrong firmwares
authorChristian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:09:34 +0000 (19:09 +0100)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:59:39 +0000 (15:59 -0500)
This patch will prevent anyone to upload a firmware which was not designed for his device.

There's still a catch:
There is no easy way to detect if a firmware is for PCI or for USB (1st Gen),
because they all share the same LM86 identifier.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c
drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54usb.c

index aa367a0ddc49139ac51a097730a0f464d97c24e0..3f9a6b04ea95f34a7f1b5e8e57be4c2ead029bfe 100644 (file)
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ static int p54p_upload_firmware(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
        if (err)
                return err;
 
+       if (priv->common.fw_interface != FW_LM86) {
+               dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev, "wrong firmware, "
+                       "please get a LM86(PCI) firmware a try again.\n");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
        data = (__le32 *) priv->firmware->data;
        remains = priv->firmware->size;
        device_addr = ISL38XX_DEV_FIRMWARE_ADDR;
index 3c31c15267b51475319bd7aa3eb519556ba124e2..44d6855bd17c586b09ecb6e2f0eb0b88e0a64eae 100644 (file)
@@ -498,6 +498,13 @@ static int p54u_upload_firmware_3887(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
        if (err)
                goto err_upload_failed;
 
+       if (priv->common.fw_interface != FW_LM87) {
+               dev_err(&priv->udev->dev, "wrong firmware, "
+                       "please get a LM87 firmware and try again.\n");
+               err = -EINVAL;
+               goto err_upload_failed;
+       }
+
        left = block_size = min((size_t)P54U_FW_BLOCK, fw_entry->size);
        strcpy(buf, p54u_firmware_upload_3887);
        left -= strlen(p54u_firmware_upload_3887);
@@ -648,6 +655,14 @@ static int p54u_upload_firmware_net2280(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
                return err;
        }
 
+       if (priv->common.fw_interface != FW_LM86) {
+               dev_err(&priv->udev->dev, "wrong firmware, "
+                       "please get a LM86(USB) firmware and try again.\n");
+               kfree(buf);
+               release_firmware(fw_entry);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
 #define P54U_WRITE(type, addr, data) \
        do {\
                err = p54u_write(priv, buf, type,\