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iwlwifi: out-of-bounds access in iwl_init_sband_channels

Message ID 1439512532-7901-1-git-send-email-adrien+dev@schischi.me
State Awaiting Upstream, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Adrien Schildknecht Aug. 14, 2015, 12:35 a.m. UTC
Both loops of this function compare data from the 'chan' array and then
check if the index is valid.

The 2 conditions should be inverted to avoid an out-of-bounds access.

Signed-off-by: Adrien Schildknecht <adrien+dev@schischi.me>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Grumbach, Emmanuel Aug. 14, 2015, 4:31 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi,

On 08/14/2015 03:36 AM, Adrien Schildknecht wrote:
> Both loops of this function compare data from the 'chan' array and then
> check if the index is valid.
> 
> The 2 conditions should be inverted to avoid an out-of-bounds access.
> 

Was that found by a static analyzer or any other automated tool, or was
that the result of your very careful review?

> Signed-off-by: Adrien Schildknecht <adrien+dev@schischi.me>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c
> index 21302b6..acc3d18 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c
> @@ -713,12 +713,12 @@ int iwl_init_sband_channels(struct iwl_nvm_data *data,
>  	struct ieee80211_channel *chan = &data->channels[0];
>  	int n = 0, idx = 0;
>  
> -	while (chan->band != band && idx < n_channels)
> +	while (idx < n_channels && chan->band != band)
>  		chan = &data->channels[++idx];
>  
>  	sband->channels = &data->channels[idx];
>  
> -	while (chan->band == band && idx < n_channels) {
> +	while (idx < n_channels && chan->band == band) {
>  		chan = &data->channels[++idx];
>  		n++;
>  	}
> 

Looks fine - I'll pick it up.
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Adrien Schildknecht Aug. 14, 2015, 7:04 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi,

> On 08/14/2015 03:36 AM, Adrien Schildknecht wrote:
> > Both loops of this function compare data from the 'chan' array and
> > then check if the index is valid.
> > 
> > The 2 conditions should be inverted to avoid an out-of-bounds
> > access.
> > 
> 
> Was that found by a static analyzer or any other automated tool, or
> was that the result of your very careful review?

The error has been reported by KASan:
==================================================================
BUG: KASan: out of bounds access in iwl_init_sband_channels+0x207/0x260 [iwlwifi] at addr ffff8800c2d0aac8
Read of size 4 by task modprobe/329
==================================================================
Kalle Valo Aug. 14, 2015, 7:14 a.m. UTC | #3
Adrien Schildknecht <adrien+dev@schischi.me> writes:

> Hi,
>
>> On 08/14/2015 03:36 AM, Adrien Schildknecht wrote:
>> > Both loops of this function compare data from the 'chan' array and
>> > then check if the index is valid.
>> > 
>> > The 2 conditions should be inverted to avoid an out-of-bounds
>> > access.
>> > 
>> 
>> Was that found by a static analyzer or any other automated tool, or
>> was that the result of your very careful review?
>
> The error has been reported by KASan:
> ==================================================================
> BUG: KASan: out of bounds access in iwl_init_sband_channels+0x207/0x260 [iwlwifi] at addr ffff8800c2d0aac8
> Read of size 4 by task modprobe/329
> ==================================================================

Always try to add information like this to the commit log, it's very
useful.
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c
index 21302b6..acc3d18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom-parse.c
@@ -713,12 +713,12 @@  int iwl_init_sband_channels(struct iwl_nvm_data *data,
 	struct ieee80211_channel *chan = &data->channels[0];
 	int n = 0, idx = 0;
 
-	while (chan->band != band && idx < n_channels)
+	while (idx < n_channels && chan->band != band)
 		chan = &data->channels[++idx];
 
 	sband->channels = &data->channels[idx];
 
-	while (chan->band == band && idx < n_channels) {
+	while (idx < n_channels && chan->band == band) {
 		chan = &data->channels[++idx];
 		n++;
 	}