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mt76: mt7615: Use after free in mt7615_mcu_set_bcn()

PATCH In review Dan Carpenter 2 participants 2 messages May 3, 2019 – May 4, 2019

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PATCH 1/1 mt76: mt7615: Use after free in mt7615_mcu_set_bcn()

We dereference "skb" when we assign:

	req.pkt_len = cpu_to_le16(MT_TXD_SIZE + skb->len);
                                                ^^^^^^^^

So this patch just moves the dev_kfree_skb() down a bit to avoid the use after free.

Fixes 04b8e65922f6 ("mt76: add mac80211 driver for MT7615 PCIe-based chipsets")
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c +1 -1
index ea67c6022fe6..dc1301effa24 100644
@@ -1270,7 +1270,6 @@ int mt7615_mcu_set_bcn(struct mt7615_dev *dev, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	mt7615_mac_write_txwi(dev, (__le32 *)(req.pkt), skb, wcid, NULL,
 			      0, NULL);
 	memcpy(req.pkt + MT_TXD_SIZE, skb->data, skb->len);
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 
 	req.omac_idx = mvif->omac_idx;
 	req.enable = en;
@@ -1281,6 +1280,7 @@ int mt7615_mcu_set_bcn(struct mt7615_dev *dev, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	req.pkt_len = cpu_to_le16(MT_TXD_SIZE + skb->len);
 	req.tim_ie_pos = cpu_to_le16(MT_TXD_SIZE + tim_off);
 
+	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	skb = mt7615_mcu_msg_alloc(&req, sizeof(req));
 
 	return mt7615_mcu_msg_send(dev, skb, MCU_EXT_CMD_BCN_OFFLOAD,
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We dereference "skb" when we assign:

	req.pkt_len = cpu_to_le16(MT_TXD_SIZE + skb->len);
                                                ^^^^^^^^

So this patch just moves the dev_kfree_skb() down a bit to avoid the use after free.

Fixes 04b8e65922f6 ("mt76: add mac80211 driver for MT7615 PCIe-based chipsets")
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c +1 -1
index ea67c6022fe6..dc1301effa24 100644
@@ -1270,7 +1270,6 @@ int mt7615_mcu_set_bcn(struct mt7615_dev *dev, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	mt7615_mac_write_txwi(dev, (__le32 *)(req.pkt), skb, wcid, NULL,
 			      0, NULL);
 	memcpy(req.pkt + MT_TXD_SIZE, skb->data, skb->len);
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 
 	req.omac_idx = mvif->omac_idx;
 	req.enable = en;
@@ -1281,6 +1280,7 @@ int mt7615_mcu_set_bcn(struct mt7615_dev *dev, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	req.pkt_len = cpu_to_le16(MT_TXD_SIZE + skb->len);
 	req.tim_ie_pos = cpu_to_le16(MT_TXD_SIZE + tim_off);
 
+	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	skb = mt7615_mcu_msg_alloc(&req, sizeof(req));
 
 	return mt7615_mcu_msg_send(dev, skb, MCU_EXT_CMD_BCN_OFFLOAD,
Signature · 1 line
2.18.0