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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2021-11-18 12:38:39 -0800
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2021-11-26 11:54:03 +0100
commitfb5f6a0e8063b7a84d6d44ef353846ccd7708d2e (patch)
tree80855ee79eca1dbf02442ae112e37ce3b3924867
parenteb87d3e08992b2939d91b649630dfa11f4d2cd75 (diff)
downloadlinux-fb5f6a0e8063b7a84d6d44ef353846ccd7708d2e.tar.bz2
mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status
In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across neighboring fields. Use memset_after() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point of zeroing through the end of the struct. Additionally fix the common helper, ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(), which was not clearing ack_signal, but the open-coded versions did. Johannes Berg points out this bug was introduced by commit e3e1a0bcb3f1 ("mac80211: reduce IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES") but was harmless. Also drops the associated unneeded BUILD_BUG_ON()s, and adds a note to carl9170 about usage. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Tested-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com> [both CARL9170+P54USB on real HW] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211118203839.1289276-1-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c12
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c6
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h7
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
index 88444fe6d1c6..1b76f4434c06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ static void carl9170_tx_release(struct kref *ref)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ar))
return;
- BUILD_BUG_ON(
- offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal) != 20);
-
- memset(&txinfo->status.ack_signal, 0,
- sizeof(struct ieee80211_tx_info) -
- offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal));
+ /*
+ * This does not call ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status() because
+ * carl9170_tx_fill_rateinfo() has filled the rate information
+ * before we get to this point.
+ */
+ memset_after(&txinfo->status, 0, rates);
if (atomic_read(&ar->tx_total_queued))
ar->tx_schedule = true;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c
index 873fea59894f..8414aa208655 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c
@@ -431,11 +431,7 @@ static void p54_rx_frame_sent(struct p54_common *priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
* Clear manually, ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status would
* clear the counts too and we need them.
*/
- memset(&info->status.ack_signal, 0,
- sizeof(struct ieee80211_tx_info) -
- offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal));
- BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info,
- status.ack_signal) != 20);
+ memset_after(&info->status, 0, rates);
if (entry_hdr->flags & cpu_to_le16(P54_HDR_FLAG_DATA_ALIGN))
pad = entry_data->align[0];
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 10e6fe215f0f..e349f57d19ae 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1205,12 +1205,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(struct ieee80211_tx_info *info)
/* clear the rate counts */
for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++)
info->status.rates[i].count = 0;
-
- BUILD_BUG_ON(
- offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ack_signal) != 20);
- memset(&info->status.ampdu_ack_len, 0,
- sizeof(struct ieee80211_tx_info) -
- offsetof(struct ieee80211_tx_info, status.ampdu_ack_len));
+ memset_after(&info->status, 0, rates);
}