Re: [PATCH][next] iwlegacy: ensure loop counter addr does not wrap and cause an infinite loop
From: Sergei Shtylyov <hidden>
Date: 2020-01-26 10:04:44
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Hello! On 26.01.2020 3:09, Colin King wrote:
From: Colin Ian King <redacted> The loop counter addr is a u16 where as the upper limit of the loop is a an int. In the unlikely event that the il->cfg->eeprom_size is
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Double article? :-)
greater than 64K then we end up with an infinite loop since addr will
wrap around an never reach upper loop limit. Fix this by making addr
an int.
Addresses-Coverity: ("Infinite loop")
Fixes: be663ab67077 ("iwlwifi: split the drivers for agn and legacy devices 3945/4965")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>[...] MBR< Sergei