Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: prevent ->Ssid overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan()

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu May 19 2022 - 11:40:23 EST


On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 11:49:27AM +0400, Denis Efremov wrote:
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> On 5/18/22 11:00, Denis Efremov wrote:
> > This code has a check to prevent read overflow but it needs another
> > check to prevent writing beyond the end of the ->Ssid[] array.
> >
> > Fixes: 2b42bd58b321 ("staging: r8188eu: introduce new os_dep dir for RTL8188eu driver")
> > Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <denis.e.efremov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > This patch is a copy of Dan's 74b6b20df8cf (CVE-2021-28660).
> > Drivers r8188eu and rtl8188eu share the same code.
>
> I also found same code pattern in rtl8723bs driver in
> stable kernels 5.10, 5.4, 4.19, 4.14.
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c?h=linux-5.10.y#n1354
> I can send the same fix to stable trees if appropriate.

Please do!

thanks,

greg k-h