nl80211: fix HT capability attribute validation
Since the NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY attribute is
used as a struct, it needs a minimum, not maximum
length. Enforce that properly. Not doing so could
potentially lead to reading after the buffer.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 48260c2..b587857 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@
[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_CONFIG] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
[NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
- [NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
- .len = NL80211_HT_CAPABILITY_LEN },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY] = { .len = NL80211_HT_CAPABILITY_LEN },
[NL80211_ATTR_MGMT_SUBTYPE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_ATTR_IE] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,