[PATCH 3.14 053/158] staging: r8712u: Fix case where ethtype was never obtained and always be checked against 0

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun May 04 2014 - 12:47:54 EST


3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit f764cd68d9036498f08fe8834deb6a367b5c2542 upstream.

Zero-initializing ether_type masked that the ether type would never be
obtained for 8021x packets and the comparison against eapol_type
would always fail.

Reported-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_recv.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ union recv_frame *r8712_portctrl(struct
struct sta_info *psta;
struct sta_priv *pstapriv;
union recv_frame *prtnframe;
- u16 ether_type = 0;
+ u16 ether_type;

pstapriv = &adapter->stapriv;
ptr = get_recvframe_data(precv_frame);
@@ -263,15 +263,14 @@ union recv_frame *r8712_portctrl(struct
psta = r8712_get_stainfo(pstapriv, psta_addr);
auth_alg = adapter->securitypriv.AuthAlgrthm;
if (auth_alg == 2) {
+ /* get ether_type */
+ ptr = ptr + pfhdr->attrib.hdrlen + LLC_HEADER_SIZE;
+ memcpy(&ether_type, ptr, 2);
+ ether_type = ntohs((unsigned short)ether_type);
+
if ((psta != NULL) && (psta->ieee8021x_blocked)) {
/* blocked
* only accept EAPOL frame */
- prtnframe = precv_frame;
- /*get ether_type */
- ptr = ptr + pfhdr->attrib.hdrlen +
- pfhdr->attrib.iv_len + LLC_HEADER_SIZE;
- memcpy(&ether_type, ptr, 2);
- ether_type = ntohs((unsigned short)ether_type);
if (ether_type == 0x888e)
prtnframe = precv_frame;
else {


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