staging: rtl8188eu: Fix potential security hole

In routine rtw_hostapd_ioctl(), the user-controlled p->length is assumed
to be at least the size of struct ieee_param size, but this assumption is
never checked. This could result in out-of-bounds read/write on kernel
heap in case a p->length less than the size of struct ieee_param is
specified by the user. If p->length is allowed to be greater than the size
of the struct, then a malicious user could be wasting kernel memory.
Fixes commit a2c60d42d9 ("Add files for new driver - part 16").

Reported by: Pietro Oliva <pietroliva@gmail.com>
Cc: Pietro Oliva <pietroliva@gmail.com>
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: a2c60d42d9 ("staging: r8188eu: Add files for new driver - part 16")
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200210180235.21691-2-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Larry Finger 2020-02-10 12:02:30 -06:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent b7db58105b
commit 499c405b2b
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -2796,7 +2796,7 @@ static int rtw_hostapd_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_point *p)
goto out;
}
if (!p->pointer) {
if (!p->pointer || p->length != sizeof(struct ieee_param)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}