Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH 2/2] ath9k: index out of bounds
From: Mohammed Shafi
Date: Mon Apr 11 2011 - 01:30:38 EST
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:39 AM, roel <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Check whether index is within bounds before testing the element
>
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c | 3 +--
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
> index 4c0d36a..1809409 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
> @@ -1092,8 +1092,7 @@ static int ath_rc_get_rateindex(const struct ath_rate_table *rate_table,
> if (!(rate->flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS))
> return rate->idx;
>
> - while (rate->idx > mcs_rix_off[i] &&
> - i < ARRAY_SIZE(mcs_rix_off)) {
> + while (i < ARRAY_SIZE(mcs_rix_off) && rate->idx > mcs_rix_off[i]) {
> rix++; i++;
> }
>
hi,
This looks correct. with the current ath9k rate control, the MCS
index never exceeded 23 and thats why the out of bounds problem never
came.
thanks,
shafi
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