MIPS: BCM63XX: Properly handle mac address octet overflow
authorJonas Gorski <jonas.gorski@gmail.com>
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:09:08 +0000 (14:09 +0200)
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Mon, 1 Oct 2012 09:36:34 +0000 (11:36 +0200)
While calculating the mac address the pointer for the current octet was
never reset back to the least significant one after being decremented
because of an octet overflow. This resulted in the code continuing to
increment at the current octet, potentially generating duplicate or
invalid mac addresses.

As a second issue the pointer was allowed to advance up to the most
significant octet, modifying the OUI, and potentially changing the type
of mac address.

Rewrite the code so it resets the pointer to the least significant
in each outer loop step, and bails out when the least significant octet
of the OUI is reached.

Signed-off-by: Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: Maxime Bizon <mbizon@freebox.fr>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Cc: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@mvista.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/4348/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
arch/mips/bcm63xx/boards/board_bcm963xx.c

index ea4ea77c6297dff8e97a833344f06c2854faf83e..442ba96d40046d4a81de5d6744d2a78d03db6175 100644 (file)
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ const char *board_get_name(void)
  */
 static int board_get_mac_address(u8 *mac)
 {
-       u8 *p;
+       u8 *oui;
        int count;
 
        if (mac_addr_used >= nvram.mac_addr_count) {
@@ -729,21 +729,23 @@ static int board_get_mac_address(u8 *mac)
        }
 
        memcpy(mac, nvram.mac_addr_base, ETH_ALEN);
-       p = mac + ETH_ALEN - 1;
+       oui = mac + ETH_ALEN/2 - 1;
        count = mac_addr_used;
 
        while (count--) {
+               u8 *p = mac + ETH_ALEN - 1;
+
                do {
                        (*p)++;
                        if (*p != 0)
                                break;
                        p--;
-               } while (p != mac);
-       }
+               } while (p != oui);
 
-       if (p == mac) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR PFX "unable to fetch mac address\n");
-               return -ENODEV;
+               if (p == oui) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR PFX "unable to fetch mac address\n");
+                       return -ENODEV;
+               }
        }
 
        mac_addr_used++;