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commit72ad25fbbbupstream. The variable "info_element" is of the following type: struct rtllib_info_element *info_element defined in drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h: struct rtllib_info_element { u8 id; u8 len; u8 data[]; } __packed; The "len" field defines the size of the "data[]" array. The code is supposed to check if "info_element->len" is greater than 4 and later equal to 6. If this is satisfied then, the last two bytes (the 4th and 5th element of u8 "data[]" array) are copied into "network->CcxRmState". Right now the code uses "memcpy()" with the source as "&info_element[4]" which would copy in wrong and unintended information. The struct "rtllib_info_element" has a size of 2 bytes for "id" and "len", therefore indexing will be done in interval of 2 bytes. So, "info_element[4]" would point to data which is beyond the memory allocated for this pointer (that is, at x+8, while "info_element" has been allocated only from x to x+7 (2 + 6 => 8 bytes)). This patch rectifies this error by using "&info_element->data[4]" which correctly copies the last two bytes of "data[]". NOTE: The faulty line of code came from the following commit: commitecdfa44610("Staging: add Realtek 8192 PCI wireless driver") The above commit created the file `rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c` which had the faulty line of code. This file has been deleted (or possibly renamed) with the contents copied in to a new file `rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c` along with additional code in the commit94a799425e(tagged in Fixes). Fixes:94a799425e("From: wlanfae <wlanfae@realtek.com> [PATCH 1/8] rtl8192e: Import new version of driver from realtek") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Atul Gopinathan <atulgopinathan@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210323113413.29179-1-atulgopinathan@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.