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authorAlexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>2026-05-22 02:45:30 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-07-07 13:43:25 +0200
commit3bf39f711ff27c64be8680a8938bcc5001982e81 (patch)
tree223d51c152fd0ab9000acf0bdf35bdea34aa4538
parentf9654207e92283e0acac5d64fe5f8835383b5a23 (diff)
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in is_ap_in_tkip() IE loop
The loop in is_ap_in_tkip() iterates over IEs without verifying that enough bytes remain before dereferencing the IE header or its payload: - pIE->element_id and pIE->length are read without checking that i + sizeof(*pIE) <= ie_length, so a truncated IE at the end of the buffer causes an OOB read. - For WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC the code compares pIE->data + 12, which requires pIE->length >= 16. For WLAN_EID_RSN it compares pIE->data + 8, requiring pIE->length >= 12. Neither requirement is checked. Add the missing IE header and payload bounds checks and guard each data access with an explicit pIE->length minimum, matching the pattern established in update_beacon_info(). Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver") Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522004531.1038924-7-hossu.alexandru@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
index 4c0eb93f412e..a4de538722b5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
@@ -1308,15 +1308,23 @@ unsigned int is_ap_in_tkip(struct adapter *padapter)
for (i = sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie); i < pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length;) {
pIE = (struct ndis_80211_var_ie *)(pmlmeinfo->network.ies + i);
+ if (i + sizeof(*pIE) > pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length)
+ break;
+ if (i + sizeof(*pIE) + pIE->length > pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length)
+ break;
+
switch (pIE->element_id) {
case WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC:
- if ((!memcmp(pIE->data, RTW_WPA_OUI, 4)) && (!memcmp((pIE->data + 12), WPA_TKIP_CIPHER, 4)))
+ if (pIE->length >= 16 &&
+ !memcmp(pIE->data, RTW_WPA_OUI, 4) &&
+ !memcmp((pIE->data + 12), WPA_TKIP_CIPHER, 4))
return true;
break;
case WLAN_EID_RSN:
- if (!memcmp((pIE->data + 8), RSN_TKIP_CIPHER, 4))
+ if (pIE->length >= 12 &&
+ !memcmp((pIE->data + 8), RSN_TKIP_CIPHER, 4))
return true;
break;
@@ -1324,7 +1332,7 @@ unsigned int is_ap_in_tkip(struct adapter *padapter)
break;
}
- i += (pIE->length + 2);
+ i += sizeof(*pIE) + pIE->length;
}
return false;