RE: [PATCH] ar5523: check NULL before memcpy() in ar5523_cmd()

[David Laight]

From: Denis Efremov
> Sent: 30 September 2019 15:02
> 
> memcpy() call with "idata == NULL && ilen == 0" results in undefined
> behavior in ar5523_cmd(). For example, NULL is passed in callchain
> "ar5523_stat_work() -> ar5523_cmd_write() -> ar5523_cmd()". This patch
> adds idata check before memcpy() call in ar5523_cmd() to prevent an
> undefined behavior.
> 
...
> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
> index b94759daeacc..f25af5bc5282 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
> @@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ static int ar5523_cmd(struct ar5523 *ar, u32 code, const void *idata,
> 
>  	if (flags & AR5523_CMD_FLAG_MAGIC)
>  		hdr->magic = cpu_to_be32(1 << 24);
> -	memcpy(hdr + 1, idata, ilen);
> +	if (idata)
> +		memcpy(hdr + 1, idata, ilen);

That would be better as if (ilen) ...

	David

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