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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev_ioctl.c19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index b94b1d293506..27fad31784a8 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -410,6 +410,22 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
if (cmd == SIOCGIFNAME)
return dev_ifname(net, (struct ifreq __user *)arg);
+ /*
+ * Take care of Wireless Extensions. Unfortunately struct iwreq
+ * isn't a proper subset of struct ifreq (it's 8 byte shorter)
+ * so we need to treat it specially, otherwise applications may
+ * fault if the struct they're passing happens to land at the
+ * end of a mapped page.
+ */
+ if (cmd >= SIOCIWFIRST && cmd <= SIOCIWLAST) {
+ struct iwreq iwr;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&iwr, arg, sizeof(iwr)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ return wext_handle_ioctl(net, &iwr, cmd, arg);
+ }
+
if (copy_from_user(&ifr, arg, sizeof(struct ifreq)))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -559,9 +575,6 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
ret = -EFAULT;
return ret;
}
- /* Take care of Wireless Extensions */
- if (cmd >= SIOCIWFIRST && cmd <= SIOCIWLAST)
- return wext_handle_ioctl(net, &ifr, cmd, arg);
return -ENOTTY;
}
}