cfg80211: Fix validation of AKM suites

Incorrect variable was used in validating the akm_suites array from
NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES. In addition, there was no explicit
validation of the array length (we only have room for
NL80211_MAX_NR_AKM_SUITES).

This can result in a buffer write overflow for stack variables with
arbitrary data from user space. The nl80211 commands using the affected
functionality require GENL_ADMIN_PERM, so this is only exposed to admin
users.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index e83e7fee3bc032def174d7741e6e419d693d2401..ea40d540a9901d6f1c5fe4857583136b57e11bdf 100644 (file)
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -4113,9 +4113,12 @@ static int nl80211_crypto_settings(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
                if (len % sizeof(u32))
                        return -EINVAL;
 
+               if (settings->n_akm_suites > NL80211_MAX_NR_AKM_SUITES)
+                       return -EINVAL;
+
                memcpy(settings->akm_suites, data, len);
 
-               for (i = 0; i < settings->n_ciphers_pairwise; i++)
+               for (i = 0; i < settings->n_akm_suites; i++)
                        if (!nl80211_valid_akm_suite(settings->akm_suites[i]))
                                return -EINVAL;
        }