Re: [PATCH V4] staging: rtl8192e: Fix signedness bug in rtllib_rx_assoc_resp()

[Dan Carpenter]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 02:15:25PM +0800, Haowen Bai wrote:
> This commit message suggested by Dan Carpenter as below:
> 
> The rtllib_rx_assoc_resp() function has a signedness bug because it's
> a declared as a u16 but it return -ENOMEM.  When you look at it more
> closely it returns a mix of error codes including 0xcafe, -ENOMEM, and
> a->status which is WLAN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_ALG.  This is a mess.
> 
> Clean it up to just return standard kernel error codes.  We can print
> out the a->status before returning a regular error code.  The printks
> in the caller need to be adjusted as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V1->V2: reduce return random value; print its own error message.
> V2->V3: change commit message; change s16 -> int.
> V3->V4: add message suggested by in title.
> 
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
> index 82bf05eb1cbf..4a1b9a94930f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
> @@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ static void rtllib_softmac_check_all_nets(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ieee->lock, flags);
>  }
>  
> -static inline u16 auth_parse(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
> +static inline int auth_parse(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  			     u8 **challenge, int *chlen)
>  {
>  	struct rtllib_authentication *a;
> @@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ static inline u16 auth_parse(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	if (skb->len <  (sizeof(struct rtllib_authentication) -
>  	    sizeof(struct rtllib_info_element))) {
>  		netdev_dbg(dev, "invalid len in auth resp: %d\n", skb->len);
> -		return 0xcafe;
> +		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  	*challenge = NULL;
>  	a = (struct rtllib_authentication *) skb->data;
> @@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ static inline u16 auth_parse(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  				return -ENOMEM;
>  		}
>  	}
> -	return le16_to_cpu(a->status);
> +	return a->status;

See previous responses.

regards,
dan carpenter