irda: prevent heap corruption on invalid nickname

[linux-flexiantxendom0-natty.git] / net / irda / irnet / irnet_ppp.c

diff --git a/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c b/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
index 7c567b8..2bb2beb 100644 (file)
--- a/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
+++ b/net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ irnet_ctrl_write(irnet_socket *     ap,
              while(isspace(start[length - 1]))
                length--;
 
+             DABORT(length < 5 || length > NICKNAME_MAX_LEN + 5,
+                    -EINVAL, CTRL_ERROR, "Invalid nickname.\n");
+
              /* Copy the name for later reuse */
              memcpy(ap->rname, start + 5, length - 5);
              ap->rname[length - 5] = '\0';