[lvc-project] [PATCH v2] wifi: iwlegacy: Check rate_idx range after addition

Fedor Pchelkin pchelkin at ispras.ru
Tue May 27 22:17:13 MSK 2025


On Sun, 25. May 16:45, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> Limit rate_idx to IL_LAST_OFDM_RATE for 5GHz band for thinkable case
> the index is incorrect.
> 
> Reported-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin at ispras.ru>
> Reported-by: Alexei Safin <a.safin at rosa.ru>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl at wp.pl>
> ---
> v1 -> v2: 
>  - just add check one possible case the index could be incorrect,
>    instead of doing broader changes.
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
> index dc8c408902e6..4d2148147b94 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
> @@ -1575,8 +1575,11 @@ il4965_tx_cmd_build_rate(struct il_priv *il,
>  	    || rate_idx > RATE_COUNT_LEGACY)
>  		rate_idx = rate_lowest_index(&il->bands[info->band], sta);
>  	/* For 5 GHZ band, remap mac80211 rate indices into driver indices */
> -	if (info->band == NL80211_BAND_5GHZ)
> +	if (info->band == NL80211_BAND_5GHZ) {
>  		rate_idx += IL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE;
> +		if (rate_idx > IL_LAST_OFDM_RATE)
> +			rate_idx = IL_LAST_OFDM_RATE;
> +	}
>  	/* Get PLCP rate for tx_cmd->rate_n_flags */
>  	rate_plcp = il_rates[rate_idx].plcp;
>  	/* Zero out flags for this packet */
> -- 
> 2.25.4
> 

Thanks, Stanislaw!

To my mind, it looks reasonable. FWIW,

Reviewed-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin at ispras.ru>



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