brcmsmac: avoid 512 byte stack variable
authorTim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
Thu, 7 Feb 2013 20:28:09 +0000 (13:28 -0700)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Fri, 8 Feb 2013 19:51:35 +0000 (14:51 -0500)
Dynamically allocate the probe response template which
avoids potential stack corruption. Observed with smatch:

drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c:7412 brcms_c_bss_update_probe_resp()
 warn: 'prb_resp' puts 512 bytes on stack

Cc: Brett Rudley <brudley@broadcom.com>
Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: "Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@broadcom.com>
Cc: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
Cc: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com>
Cc: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c

index 080b54da6506dc6d7a2c62b68a97f597544e2af7..0985925cd3f41a4b69f30a27263fe6fbcb9083b7 100644 (file)
@@ -7405,9 +7405,13 @@ brcms_c_bss_update_probe_resp(struct brcms_c_info *wlc,
                              struct brcms_bss_cfg *cfg,
                              bool suspend)
 {
-       u16 prb_resp[BCN_TMPL_LEN / 2];
+       u16 *prb_resp;
        int len = BCN_TMPL_LEN;
 
+       prb_resp = kmalloc(BCN_TMPL_LEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!prb_resp)
+               return;
+
        /*
         * write the probe response to hardware, or save in
         * the config structure
@@ -7441,6 +7445,8 @@ brcms_c_bss_update_probe_resp(struct brcms_c_info *wlc,
 
        if (suspend)
                brcms_c_enable_mac(wlc);
+
+       kfree(prb_resp);
 }
 
 void brcms_c_update_probe_resp(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, bool suspend)