[PATCH] hostap_plx: fix CIS verification
Pavel Roskin
proski
Fri Oct 20 15:20:15 PDT 2006
hostap_plx: fix CIS verification
The record length for numerical manufacturer ID should be at least 4
bytes (two 16-bit words). The code required 5 bytes, which would break
for most (if not all) cards. Reported by ph35sm at free.fr
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski at gnu.org>
---
This is an small fix with significant impact.
hostap_plx is currently broken, and this patch fixes it.
Please forward this patch to 2.6.x.y kernels.
drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.c
index 6dfa041..b5b72db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ #define CIS_MAX_LEN 256
break;
case CISTPL_MANFID:
- if (cis[pos + 1] < 5)
+ if (cis[pos + 1] < 4)
goto cis_error;
manfid1 = cis[pos + 2] + (cis[pos + 3] << 8);
manfid2 = cis[pos + 4] + (cis[pos + 5] << 8);
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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