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mac80211: check size of channel switch IE when parsing

The channel switch IE has a fixed size, so we can
discard it in parsing if it's not the right size
and use the right struct pointer.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Johannes Berg 13 years ago
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5bc1420b11
3 changed files with 9 additions and 11 deletions
  1. 1 2
      net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
  2. 3 7
      net/mac80211/mlme.c
  3. 5 2
      net/mac80211/util.c

+ 1 - 2
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h

@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ struct ieee802_11_elems {
 	u8 *prep;
 	u8 *perr;
 	struct ieee80211_rann_ie *rann;
-	u8 *ch_switch_elem;
+	struct ieee80211_channel_sw_ie *ch_switch_ie;
 	u8 *country_elem;
 	u8 *pwr_constr_elem;
 	u8 *quiet_elem;	/* first quite element */
@@ -1162,7 +1162,6 @@ struct ieee802_11_elems {
 	u8 preq_len;
 	u8 prep_len;
 	u8 perr_len;
-	u8 ch_switch_elem_len;
 	u8 country_elem_len;
 	u8 pwr_constr_elem_len;
 	u8 quiet_elem_len;

+ 3 - 7
net/mac80211/mlme.c

@@ -2267,14 +2267,10 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx);
 	}
 
-	if (elems->ch_switch_elem && (elems->ch_switch_elem_len == 3) &&
-	    (memcmp(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.mgd.associated->bssid,
-							ETH_ALEN) == 0)) {
-		struct ieee80211_channel_sw_ie *sw_elem =
-			(struct ieee80211_channel_sw_ie *)elems->ch_switch_elem;
-		ieee80211_sta_process_chanswitch(sdata, sw_elem,
+	if (elems->ch_switch_ie &&
+	    memcmp(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.mgd.associated->bssid, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
+		ieee80211_sta_process_chanswitch(sdata, elems->ch_switch_ie,
 						 bss, rx_status->mactime);
-	}
 }
 
 

+ 5 - 2
net/mac80211/util.c

@@ -768,8 +768,11 @@ u32 ieee802_11_parse_elems_crc(u8 *start, size_t len,
 				elem_parse_failed = true;
 			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_CHANNEL_SWITCH:
-			elems->ch_switch_elem = pos;
-			elems->ch_switch_elem_len = elen;
+			if (elen != sizeof(struct ieee80211_channel_sw_ie)) {
+				elem_parse_failed = true;
+				break;
+			}
+			elems->ch_switch_ie = (void *)pos;
 			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_QUIET:
 			if (!elems->quiet_elem) {