From: pip-izony <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
To: Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@gmail.com>
Cc: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@gmail.com>,
Kyungtae Kim <Kyungtae.Kim@dartmouth.edu>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] rtl8187: Fix potential buffer underflow in rtl8187_rx_cb()
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:32:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251118013258.1789949-2-eeodqql09@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa04fd38-a1df-4d16-bf16-e24a848a00f8@web.de>
From: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
The rtl8187_rx_cb() calculates the rx descriptor header address
by subtracting its size from the skb tail pointer.
However, it does not validate if the received packet
(skb->len from urb->actual_length) is large enough to contain this
header.
If a truncated packet is received, this will lead to a buffer
underflow, reading memory before the start of the skb data area,
and causing a kernel panic.
Add length checks for both rtl8187 and rtl8187b descriptor headers
before attempting to access them, dropping the packet cleanly if the
check fails.
Fixes: 6f7853f3cbe4 ("rtl8187: change rtl8187_dev.c to support RTL8187B (part 2)")
Signed-off-by: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
---
v1 -> v2: Addressing feedback from Ping-Ke Shih
v2 -> v3: Address coding style feedback from Markus Elfring
.../wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c | 27 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
index 0c5c66401daa..7aa2da0cd63c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
@@ -338,14 +338,16 @@ static void rtl8187_rx_cb(struct urb *urb)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rx_queue.lock, f);
skb_put(skb, urb->actual_length);
- if (unlikely(urb->status)) {
- dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
- return;
- }
+ if (unlikely(urb->status))
+ goto free_skb;
if (!priv->is_rtl8187b) {
- struct rtl8187_rx_hdr *hdr =
- (typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr));
+ struct rtl8187_rx_hdr *hdr;
+
+ if (skb->len < sizeof(struct rtl8187_rx_hdr))
+ goto free_skb;
+
+ hdr = (typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr));
flags = le32_to_cpu(hdr->flags);
/* As with the RTL8187B below, the AGC is used to calculate
* signal strength. In this case, the scaling
@@ -355,8 +357,12 @@ static void rtl8187_rx_cb(struct urb *urb)
rx_status.antenna = (hdr->signal >> 7) & 1;
rx_status.mactime = le64_to_cpu(hdr->mac_time);
} else {
- struct rtl8187b_rx_hdr *hdr =
- (typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr));
+ struct rtl8187b_rx_hdr *hdr;
+
+ if (skb->len < sizeof(struct rtl8187b_rx_hdr))
+ goto free_skb;
+
+ hdr = (typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr));
/* The Realtek datasheet for the RTL8187B shows that the RX
* header contains the following quantities: signal quality,
* RSSI, AGC, the received power in dB, and the measured SNR.
@@ -409,6 +415,11 @@ static void rtl8187_rx_cb(struct urb *urb)
skb_unlink(skb, &priv->rx_queue);
dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
}
+ return;
+
+free_skb:
+ dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+ return;
}
static int rtl8187_init_urbs(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-18 1:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-13 18:46 [PATCH] rtl8187: Fix potential buffer underflow in rtl8187_rx_cb() pip-izony
2025-11-17 4:01 ` Ping-Ke Shih
2025-11-17 18:09 ` [PATCH v2] " pip-izony
2025-11-17 18:38 ` Markus Elfring
2025-11-17 18:52 ` Markus Elfring
2025-11-18 1:32 ` pip-izony [this message]
2025-11-21 3:45 ` [PATCH v3] " Ping-Ke Shih
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