brcmfmac: add length check in brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler()
commit 17df6453 upstream. Upon handling the firmware notification for scans the length was checked properly and may result in corrupting kernel heap memory due to buffer overruns. This fix addresses CVE-2017-0786. Cc: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Franky Lin <franky.lin@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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