[PATCH net 05/14] batman-adv: tt: fix negative last_changeset_len

From: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>

batadv_piv_tt::last_changeset_len len was declared as s16, but the field is
never intended to hold a negative value. When a value greater than 32767 is
assigned, it wraps to a negative signed integer.

In batadv_send_my_tt_response(), last_changeset_len is temporarily widened
to s32. The incorrectly negative s16 value propagates into the s32, causing
batadv_tt_prepare_tvlv_local_data() to allocate a full sized buffer but
populates only a small portion of it with the collected changeset. All
remaining bits are kept uninitialized.

Using an u16 avoids this type confusion and ensures that no (negative) sign
extension is performed in batadv_send_my_tt_response().

Cc: [email protected]
Fixes: a73105b8d4c7 ("batman-adv: improved client announcement mechanism")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]>
---
 net/batman-adv/types.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 888f337a194bf..739439e2b2350 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ struct batadv_priv_tt {
 	 * @last_changeset_len: length of last tt changeset this host has
 	 *  generated
 	 */
-	s16 last_changeset_len;
+	u16 last_changeset_len;
 
 	/**
 	 * @last_changeset_lock: lock protecting last_changeset &
-- 
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