On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 03:02:12PM +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:

Johan Hovold [off-list ref] writes:

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On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 09:04:15AM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:

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Johan Hovold [off-list ref] wrote:

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Make sure to check the number of endpoints to avoid dereferencing a
NULL-pointer or accessing memory beyond the endpoint array should a
malicious device lack the expected endpoints.

Fixes: a1030e92c150 ("[PATCH] zd1211rw: Convert installer CDROM
device into WLAN device")
Cc: Daniel Drake <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

ca260ece6a57 zd1211rw: fix NULL-deref at probe

What about patch 1/2 which fixes the same bug (literally copied from the
zd1211rw driver)?

I will apply that to my separate ath.git tree, just didn't get to your
patch yet.

Ah, ok. 

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And as these fixes should be backported to stable (I left out the tag
for networking drivers)

Actually for wireless drivers you should add the stable tag.

Alright, will do in the future.

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why only apply to -next?

I didn't see that the fix was important enough for 4.11.

Ok, but fixes for these types of crashes that can be triggered by a
malicious device have typically gone into the current -rc (a couple just
went in through the net tree for example).

Thanks,
Johan