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| author | Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com> | 2026-05-22 02:45:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2026-07-07 13:43:14 +0200 |
| commit | ef61d628dfad38fead1fd2e08979ae9126d011d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 021657e0164cc2038bf77c1062d6230288a849bd /drivers | |
| parent | ed51de4a86e173c3b0ef78e039c2e49e08b11f16 (diff) | |
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl()
Two IE parsing loops are missing the header bounds checks before they
dereference pIE->length:
- issue_assocreq() walks pmlmeinfo->network.ies to build the
association request. If the stored IE data ends with only an
element_id byte and no length byte, pIE->length is read one byte
past the end of the buffer.
- join_cmd_hdl() walks pnetwork->ies during station join and has
the same problem under the same conditions.
Both buffers are filled from AP beacon and probe-response frames, so a
malicious AP that sends a truncated final IE can trigger the issue.
Apply the two-guard pattern established in update_beacon_info():
1. Break if fewer than sizeof(*pIE) bytes remain.
2. Break if the IE's declared data extends past the buffer end.
Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522004531.1038924-3-hossu.alexandru@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c index 7198be795000..70e864cd530d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c @@ -2861,7 +2861,11 @@ void issue_assocreq(struct adapter *padapter) /* vendor specific IE, such as WPA, WMM, WPS */ for (i = sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie); i < pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length;) { + if (i + sizeof(*pIE) > pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length) + break; pIE = (struct ndis_80211_var_ie *)(pmlmeinfo->network.ies + i); + if (i + sizeof(*pIE) + pIE->length > pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length) + break; switch (pIE->element_id) { case WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC: @@ -5189,7 +5193,11 @@ u8 join_cmd_hdl(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pbuf) /* sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie) */ for (i = _FIXED_IE_LENGTH_; i < pnetwork->ie_length;) { + if (i + sizeof(*pIE) > pnetwork->ie_length) + break; pIE = (struct ndis_80211_var_ie *)(pnetwork->ies + i); + if (i + sizeof(*pIE) + pIE->length > pnetwork->ie_length) + break; switch (pIE->element_id) { case WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC:/* Get WMM IE. */ |