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A malicious USB device can send a WMI_SWBA_EVENTID event from an
ath9k_htc-managed device before beaconing has been enabled. This causes
a device-by-zero error in the driver, leading to either a crash or an
out of bounds read.

Prevent this by aborting the handling in ath9k_htc_swba() if beacons are
not enabled.

Reported-by: Robert Morris <rtm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/88967.1743099372@localhost
Fixes: 832f6a18fc2a ("ath9k_htc: Add beacon slots")
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_beacon.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_beacon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_beacon.c
index 547634f82183..81fa7cbad892 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_beacon.c
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ void ath9k_htc_swba(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv,
 	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(priv->ah);
 	int slot;
 
+	if (!priv->cur_beacon_conf.enable_beacon)
+		return;
+
 	if (swba->beacon_pending != 0) {
 		priv->beacon.bmisscnt++;
 		if (priv->beacon.bmisscnt > BSTUCK_THRESHOLD) {
-- 
2.48.1





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