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orinoco: validate firmware header
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Check the Agere firmware headers for validity before attempting to
download it.

Signed-off-by: David Kilroy <kilroyd@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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David Kilroy authored and John W. Linville committed Feb 27, 2009
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37 changes: 37 additions & 0 deletions drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/fw.c
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Expand Up @@ -43,6 +43,33 @@ struct orinoco_fw_header {
char signature[0]; /* FW signature length headersize-20 */
} __attribute__ ((packed));

/* Check the range of various header entries. Return a pointer to a
* description of the problem, or NULL if everything checks out. */
static const char *validate_fw(const struct orinoco_fw_header *hdr, size_t len)
{
u16 hdrsize;

if (len < sizeof(*hdr))
return "image too small";
if (memcmp(hdr->hdr_vers, "HFW", 3) != 0)
return "format not recognised";

hdrsize = le16_to_cpu(hdr->headersize);
if (hdrsize > len)
return "bad headersize";
if ((hdrsize + le32_to_cpu(hdr->block_offset)) > len)
return "bad block offset";
if ((hdrsize + le32_to_cpu(hdr->pdr_offset)) > len)
return "bad PDR offset";
if ((hdrsize + le32_to_cpu(hdr->pri_offset)) > len)
return "bad PRI offset";
if ((hdrsize + le32_to_cpu(hdr->compat_offset)) > len)
return "bad compat offset";

/* TODO: consider adding a checksum or CRC to the firmware format */
return NULL;
}

/* Download either STA or AP firmware into the card. */
static int
orinoco_dl_firmware(struct orinoco_private *priv,
Expand All @@ -58,6 +85,7 @@ orinoco_dl_firmware(struct orinoco_private *priv,
const unsigned char *first_block;
const unsigned char *end;
const char *firmware;
const char *fw_err;
struct net_device *dev = priv->ndev;
int err = 0;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -93,6 +121,15 @@ orinoco_dl_firmware(struct orinoco_private *priv,

hdr = (const struct orinoco_fw_header *) fw_entry->data;

fw_err = validate_fw(hdr, fw_entry->size);
if (fw_err) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Invalid firmware image detected (%s). "
"Aborting download\n",
dev->name, fw_err);
err = -EINVAL;
goto abort;
}

/* Enable aux port to allow programming */
err = hermesi_program_init(hw, le32_to_cpu(hdr->entry_point));
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Program init returned %d\n", dev->name, err);
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