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authormickeyl <mickeyl>2003-04-04 10:31:26 (UTC)
committer mickeyl <mickeyl>2003-04-04 10:31:26 (UTC)
commit089385bb8ab768fbf6f394f326e565e3589163fc (patch) (side-by-side diff)
tree23891b81b11310186c43179612531bc92e52ae65 /libopie2/opienet
parent7da7e9cbfb52988ce801310f66b1336e0809db28 (diff)
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low-level network programming is sick. some wlan-drivers don't honor struct sizes
and simply write bytes _after_ the struct... this patch makes calling SIOCGIWRANGE more failure-proof.
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-rw-r--r--libopie2/opienet/onetutils.cpp1
-rw-r--r--libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp57
-rw-r--r--libopie2/opienet/onetwork.h19
3 files changed, 47 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/libopie2/opienet/onetutils.cpp b/libopie2/opienet/onetutils.cpp
index fd8f9e9..b317810 100644
--- a/libopie2/opienet/onetutils.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opienet/onetutils.cpp
@@ -183,3 +183,4 @@ void dumpBytes( const unsigned char* data, int num )
}
printf( "\n\n" );
}
+
diff --git a/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp b/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp
index 66fa215..789e8ca 100644
--- a/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ ONetwork::InterfaceIterator ONetwork::iterator() const
bool ONetwork::isWirelessInterface( const char* name ) const
{
int sfd = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
- iwreqstruct iwr;
- memset( &iwr, 0, sizeof( iwreqstruct ) );
+ struct iwreq iwr;
+ memset( &iwr, 0, sizeof( struct iwreq ) );
strcpy( (char*) &iwr.ifr_name, name );
int result = ::ioctl( sfd, SIOCGIWNAME, &iwr );
if ( result == -1 )
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ ONetworkInterface::ONetworkInterface( QObject* parent, const char* name )
}
-ifreqstruct& ONetworkInterface::ifr() const
+struct ifreq& ONetworkInterface::ifr() const
{
return _ifr;
}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void ONetworkInterface::init()
}
-bool ONetworkInterface::ioctl( int call, ifreqstruct& ifreq ) const
+bool ONetworkInterface::ioctl( int call, struct ifreq& ifreq ) const
{
int result = ::ioctl( _sfd, call, &ifreq );
if ( result == -1 )
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ OWirelessNetworkInterface::~OWirelessNetworkInterface()
}
-iwreqstruct& OWirelessNetworkInterface::iwr() const
+struct iwreq& OWirelessNetworkInterface::iwr() const
{
return _iwr;
}
@@ -417,20 +417,26 @@ QString OWirelessNetworkInterface::associatedAP() const
void OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildChannelList()
{
- // IEEE802.11(b) radio frequency channels
- struct iw_range range;
-
//ML: If you listen carefully enough, you can hear lots of WLAN drivers suck
//ML: The HostAP drivers need more than sizeof struct_iw range to complete
//ML: SIOCGIWRANGE otherwise they fail with "Invalid Argument Length".
//ML: The Wlan-NG drivers on the otherside fail (segfault!) if you allocate
//ML: _too much_ space. This is damn shitty crap *sigh*
-
- _iwr.u.data.pointer = (char*) &range;
- _iwr.u.data.length = IW_MAX_FREQUENCIES; //sizeof range;
- _iwr.u.data.flags = 0;
-
- if ( !wioctl( SIOCGIWRANGE ) )
+ //ML: We allocate a large memory region in RAM and check whether the
+ //ML: driver pollutes this extra space. The complaint will be made on stdout,
+ //ML: so please forward this...
+
+ struct iwreq wrq;
+ int len = sizeof( struct iw_range )*2;
+ char *buffer = (char*) malloc( len );
+ //FIXME: Validate if we actually got the memory block
+ memset( buffer, 0, len );
+ memcpy( wrq.ifr_name, name(), IFNAMSIZ);
+ wrq.u.data.pointer = (caddr_t) buffer;
+ wrq.u.data.length = sizeof( struct iw_range );
+ wrq.u.data.flags = 0;
+
+ if ( ::ioctl( _sfd, SIOCGIWRANGE, &wrq ) == -1 )
{
qDebug( "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildChannelList(): SIOCGIWRANGE failed (%s) - defaulting to 11 channels", strerror( errno ) );
_channels.insert( 2412, 1 ); // 2.412 GHz
@@ -447,6 +453,21 @@ void OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildChannelList()
}
else
{
+ // <check if the driver overwrites stuff>
+ int max = 0;
+ for ( int r = sizeof( struct iw_range ); r < len; r++ )
+ if (buffer[r] != 0)
+ max = r;
+ if (max > 0)
+ {
+ qWarning( "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildChannelList(): Driver for wireless interface '%s'"
+ "overwrote buffer end with at least %i bytes!\n", name(), max - sizeof( struct iw_range ) );
+ }
+ // </check if the driver overwrites stuff>
+
+ struct iw_range range;
+ memcpy( &range, buffer, sizeof range );
+
qDebug( "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildChannelList(): Interface %s reported to have %d channels.", name(), range.num_frequency );
for ( int i = 0; i < range.num_frequency; ++i )
{
@@ -454,7 +475,9 @@ void OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildChannelList()
_channels.insert( freq, i+1 );
}
}
+
qDebug( "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildChannelList(): Channel list constructed." );
+ free(buffer);
}
@@ -505,7 +528,7 @@ void OWirelessNetworkInterface::setChannel( int c ) const
{
if ( !_mon )
{
- memset( &_iwr, 0, sizeof( iwreqstruct ) );
+ memset( &_iwr, 0, sizeof( struct iwreq ) );
_iwr.u.freq.m = c;
_iwr.u.freq.e = 0;
wioctl( SIOCSIWFREQ );
@@ -639,7 +662,7 @@ void OWirelessNetworkInterface::setSSID( const QString& ssid )
}
-bool OWirelessNetworkInterface::wioctl( int call, iwreqstruct& iwreq ) const
+bool OWirelessNetworkInterface::wioctl( int call, struct iwreq& iwreq ) const
{
int result = ::ioctl( _sfd, call, &iwreq );
if ( result == -1 )
@@ -675,7 +698,7 @@ OMonitoringInterface::~OMonitoringInterface()
void OMonitoringInterface::setChannel( int c )
{
// use standard WE channel switching protocol
- memset( &_if->_iwr, 0, sizeof( iwreqstruct ) );
+ memset( &_if->_iwr, 0, sizeof( struct iwreq ) );
_if->_iwr.u.freq.m = c;
_if->_iwr.u.freq.e = 0;
_if->wioctl( SIOCSIWFREQ );
diff --git a/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.h b/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.h
index 7c70873..509c3db 100644
--- a/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.h
+++ b/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.h
@@ -72,13 +72,6 @@ class OWirelessNetworkInterface;
class OChannelHopper;
class OMonitoringInterface;
-typedef struct ifreq ifreqstruct;
-typedef struct iwreq iwreqstruct;
-typedef struct iw_event iweventstruct;
-typedef struct iw_freq iwfreqstruct;
-typedef struct iw_priv_args iwprivargsstruct;
-typedef struct iw_range iwrangestruct;
-
/*======================================================================================
* ONetwork
*======================================================================================*/
@@ -136,14 +129,14 @@ class ONetworkInterface : public QObject
protected:
const int _sfd;
- mutable ifreqstruct _ifr;
+ mutable ifreq _ifr;
OMonitoringInterface* _mon;
protected:
- ifreqstruct& ifr() const;
+ struct ifreq& ifr() const;
virtual void init();
bool ioctl( int call ) const;
- bool ioctl( int call, ifreqstruct& ) const;
+ bool ioctl( int call, struct ifreq& ) const;
};
/*======================================================================================
@@ -222,12 +215,12 @@ class OWirelessNetworkInterface : public ONetworkInterface
void buildChannelList();
void buildPrivateList();
virtual void init();
- iwreqstruct& iwr() const;
+ struct iwreq& iwr() const;
bool wioctl( int call ) const;
- bool wioctl( int call, iwreqstruct& ) const;
+ bool wioctl( int call, struct iwreq& ) const;
protected:
- mutable iwreqstruct _iwr;
+ mutable struct iwreq _iwr;
QMap<int,int> _channels;
private: