FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mac80211: validate extended element ID is present" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree
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maintainerThe patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
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greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 768c0b19b50665e337c96858aa2b7928d6dcf756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:10:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: validate extended element ID is present
Before attempting to parse an extended element, verify that the extended element ID is present.
Fixes 41cbb0f5a295 ("mac80211: add support for HE")
Reported-by [email protected]
Link https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211211201023.f30a1b128c07.I5cacc176da94ba316877c6e10fe3ceec8b4dbd7d@changeid open here
Signed-off-by Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
net/mac80211/util.c +6 -1
@@ -943,7 +943,12 @@ static void ieee80211_parse_extension_element(u32 *crc, struct ieee802_11_elems *elems) {const void *data = elem->data +1 ; -u8 len = elem->datalen -1 ; +u8 len; + +if (!elem->datalen) +return ; + + len = elem->datalen -1 ;switch (elem->data[0 ]) {case WLAN_EID_EXT_HE_MU_EDCA :