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The\n_rtl8812ae_eq_n_byte() is used to compare the first n bytes of the two\nstrings from tail to head, which causes the problem. In the\n_rtl8812ae_phy_set_txpower_limit(), it was originally intended to meet\nthis requirement by carefully designing the comparison order.\nFor example, \"pregulation\" and \"pbandwidth\" are compared in order of\nlength from small to large, first is 3 and last is 4. However, the\ncomparison order of \"prate_section\" dose not obey such order requirement,\ntherefore when \"prate_section\" is \"HT\", when comparing from tail to head,\nit will lead to access out of bounds in _rtl8812ae_eq_n_byte(). As\nmentioned above, the _rtl8812ae_eq_n_byte() has the same function as\nstrcmp(), so just strcmp() is enough.\n\nFix it by removing _rtl8812ae_eq_n_byte() and use strcmp() barely.\nAlthough it can be fixed by adjusting the comparison order of\n\"prate_section\", this may cause the value of \"rate_section\" to not be\nfrom 0 to 5. In addition, commit \"21e4b0726dc6\" not only moved driver\nfrom staging to regular tree, but also added setting txpower limit\nfunction during the driver config phase, so the problem was introduced\nby this commit.", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "21e4b0726dc671c423e2dc9a85364716219c4502", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "fc3442247716fc426bbcf62ed65e086e48a6d44f" }, { "version": "21e4b0726dc671c423e2dc9a85364716219c4502", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "28ea268d95e57cdf6394a058f0d854206d478772" }, { "version": "21e4b0726dc671c423e2dc9a85364716219c4502", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "1e950b9a841bc96e98ee25680d5c7aa305120be1" }, { "version": "21e4b0726dc671c423e2dc9a85364716219c4502", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "0c962dcd6bf64b78eaffc09e497a2beb4e48bc32" }, { "version": "21e4b0726dc671c423e2dc9a85364716219c4502", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "f1fe40120de6ad4ffa8299fde035a5feba10d4fb" }, { "version": "21e4b0726dc671c423e2dc9a85364716219c4502", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "057b52461dc005ecd85a3e4998913b1492ec0f72" }, { "version": "21e4b0726dc671c423e2dc9a85364716219c4502", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "117dbeda22ec5ea0918254d03b540ef8b8a64d53" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "3.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "3.18" }, { "version": "4.19.276", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*" }, { "version": "5.4.235", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*" }, { "version": "5.10.173", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*" }, { "version": "5.15.99", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.16", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.2.3", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*" }, { "version": "6.3", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }