Re: mwifiex: printk() overflow with 32-byte SSIDs

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Thu Nov 17 2016 - 06:18:23 EST


Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> SSIDs aren't guaranteed to be 0-terminated. Let's cap the max length
> when we print them out.
>
> This can be easily noticed by connecting to a network with a 32-octet
> SSID:
>
> [ 3903.502925] mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: trying to associate to
> '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef <uninitialized mem>' bssid
> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>
> Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9a4 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver")
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

fcd2042e8d36 mwifiex: printk() overflow with 32-byte SSIDs

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