Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: Fix __counted_by to be LE variant
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:03:23 -0600
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.brcm80211,org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless |
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On 21/07/25 12:18, Kees Cook wrote:
> In brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx() the "len" counter of the struct
> brcmf_mf_params_le::data flexible array is stored as little-endian via
> cpu_to_le16() so the __counted_by_le() variant must be used:
>
> struct brcmf_mf_params_le *mf_params;
> ...
> mf_params_len = offsetof(struct brcmf_mf_params_le, data) +
> (len - DOT11_MGMT_HDR_LEN);
> mf_params = kzalloc(mf_params_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> ...
> mf_params->len = cpu_to_le16(len - DOT11_MGMT_HDR_LEN);
>
> Fixes: 66f909308a7c ("wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: support external SAE authentication in station mode")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
Thanks!
-Gustavo
> ---
> Cc: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
> Cc: Chung-Hsien Hsu <[email protected]>
> Cc: Chi-hsien Lin <[email protected]>
> Cc: James Prestwood <[email protected]>
> Cc: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <[email protected]>
> Cc: Ting-Ying Li <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> ---
> .../net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
> index 08c69142495a..669564382e32 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct brcmf_mf_params_le {
> u8 da[ETH_ALEN];
> u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
> __le32 packet_id;
> - u8 data[] __counted_by(len);
> + u8 data[] __counted_by_le(len);
> };
>
> #endif /* CYW_FWIL_TYPES_H_ */