From: luka.gejak@linux.dev
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix remote heap info disclosure and OOB reads
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 20:18:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260513181842.17480-1-luka.gejak@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
When building an association request frame, the driver iterates over
the ies received from the ap. In three places, the driver trusts the
attacker-controlled pIE->length without validating that it meets the
minimum expected size for the respective ie.
For WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY, this causes an oob read of adjacent heap
memory which is then transmitted over the air (remote heap information
disclosure). For WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC, it causes two separate oob
reads: one when checking the 4-byte oui, and another when copying the
14-byte wps ie.
Fix these issues by adding upper-bound checks at the start of the loop
to ensure the ie fits within the buffer, and explicit lower-bound
checks to return a failure if the length is insufficient. For
HT_CAPABILITY, also clamp the length passed to rtw_set_ie() to the
struct size.
Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
---
Changes in v5:
- Address shamiko comments.
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++-
.../staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c | 6 ++++
2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index cfd3eb253350..e448a814eb1c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -2862,6 +2862,9 @@ void issue_assocreq(struct adapter *padapter)
if (pmlmeinfo->network.supported_rates[i] == 0)
break;
+ if (index >= NumRates)
+ break;
+
/* Check if the AP's supported rates are also supported by STA. */
for (j = 0; j < sta_bssrate_len; j++) {
/* Avoid the proprietary data rate (22Mbps) of Handlink WSG-4000 AP */
@@ -2891,10 +2894,25 @@ 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 + 2 > pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length) {
+ rtw_free_xmitbuf(pxmitpriv, pmgntframe->pxmitbuf);
+ rtw_free_xmitframe(pxmitpriv, pmgntframe);
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
pIE = (struct ndis_80211_var_ie *)(pmlmeinfo->network.ies + i);
+ if (pIE->length > pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length - i - 2) {
+ rtw_free_xmitbuf(pxmitpriv, pmgntframe->pxmitbuf);
+ rtw_free_xmitframe(pxmitpriv, pmgntframe);
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
switch (pIE->element_id) {
case WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC:
+ if (pIE->length < 4)
+ goto exit;
+
if ((!memcmp(pIE->data, RTW_WPA_OUI, 4)) ||
(!memcmp(pIE->data, WMM_OUI, 4)) ||
(!memcmp(pIE->data, WPS_OUI, 4))) {
@@ -2906,6 +2924,9 @@ void issue_assocreq(struct adapter *padapter)
* extensions information to AP
*/
+ if (pIE->length < 14)
+ goto exit;
+
vs_ie_length = 14;
}
@@ -2919,8 +2940,17 @@ void issue_assocreq(struct adapter *padapter)
case WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY:
if (padapter->mlmepriv.htpriv.ht_option) {
if (!(is_ap_in_tkip(padapter))) {
+ if (pIE->length < sizeof(struct HT_caps_element)) {
+ rtw_free_xmitbuf(pxmitpriv, pmgntframe->pxmitbuf);
+ rtw_free_xmitframe(pxmitpriv, pmgntframe);
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
memcpy(&(pmlmeinfo->HT_caps), pIE->data, sizeof(struct HT_caps_element));
- pframe = rtw_set_ie(pframe, WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY, pIE->length, (u8 *)(&(pmlmeinfo->HT_caps)), &(pattrib->pktlen));
+ pframe = rtw_set_ie(pframe, WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY,
+ sizeof(struct HT_caps_element),
+ (u8 *)&pmlmeinfo->HT_caps,
+ &pattrib->pktlen);
}
}
break;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
index cc1a7497764c..dc4abef3a7b8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
@@ -1327,8 +1327,14 @@ unsigned int is_ap_in_tkip(struct adapter *padapter)
if (rtw_get_capability((struct wlan_bssid_ex *)cur_network) & WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY) {
for (i = sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie); i < pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length;) {
+ if (i + 2 > pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length)
+ return false;
+
pIE = (struct ndis_80211_var_ie *)(pmlmeinfo->network.ies + i);
+ if (pIE->length > pmlmeinfo->network.ie_length - i - 2)
+ return false;
+
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)))
--
2.54.0
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