Bug#513001: Possible security flaw in ad-hoc probe request processing

[Ben Hutchings]

Proposed patch for rt2570:

--- rt2570.orig/Module/sanity.c
+++ rt2570/Module/sanity.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 
     COPY_MAC_ADDR(Addr2, &Fr->Hdr.Addr2);
 
-    if ((Fr->Octet[0] != IE_SSID) || (Fr->Octet[1] > MAX_LEN_OF_SSID))
+    if ((Fr->Octet[0] != IE_SSID) || ((UCHAR)Fr->Octet[1] > MAX_LEN_OF_SSID))
     {
         DBGPRINT(RT_DEBUG_TRACE, "PeerProbeReqSanity fail - wrong SSID IE(Type=%d,Len=%d)\n",Fr->Octet[0],Fr->Octet[1]);
         return FALSE;
--- END ---

Ben.

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