From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>,
stable <stable@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10.y 8/8] staging: rtl8723bs: fix WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth()
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:34:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260714233407.3591885-8-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260714233407.3591885-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit a1fc19d61f661d47204f095b593de507884849f7 ]
OnAuth() has two bugs in the shared-key authentication path.
When the Privacy bit is set, rtw_wep_decrypt() is called without
verifying that the frame is long enough to contain a valid WEP IV and
ICV. Inside rtw_wep_decrypt(), length is computed as:
length = len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - iv_len
and then passed as (length - 4) to crc32_le(). If len is less than
WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + iv_len + icv_len (32 bytes), length - 4 is negative
and, after the implicit cast to size_t, causes crc32_le() to read far
beyond the frame buffer. Add a minimum length check before accessing
the IV field and calling the decryption path.
When processing a seq=3 response, rtw_get_ie() stores the Challenge
Text IE length in ie_len, but the subsequent memcmp() always reads 128
bytes regardless of ie_len. IEEE 802.11 mandates a challenge text of
exactly 128 bytes; reject any IE whose length field differs, matching
the check already applied to OnAuthClient().
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/20260522004605.1039209-1-hossu.alexandru@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index bd32f60152ab0b..4b1f88570d0682 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -886,6 +886,9 @@ unsigned int OnAuth(struct adapter *padapter, union recv_frame *precv_frame)
DBG_871X("+OnAuth\n");
+ if (len < WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN)
+ return _FAIL;
+
sa = GetAddr2Ptr(pframe);
auth_mode = psecuritypriv->dot11AuthAlgrthm;
@@ -897,6 +900,9 @@ unsigned int OnAuth(struct adapter *padapter, union recv_frame *precv_frame)
prxattrib->hdrlen = WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN;
prxattrib->encrypt = _WEP40_;
+ if (len < WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + 8)
+ return _FAIL;
+
iv = pframe+prxattrib->hdrlen;
prxattrib->key_index = ((iv[3]>>6)&0x3);
@@ -1014,7 +1020,7 @@ unsigned int OnAuth(struct adapter *padapter, union recv_frame *precv_frame)
p = rtw_get_ie(pframe + WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + 4 + _AUTH_IE_OFFSET_, _CHLGETXT_IE_, (int *)&ie_len,
len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - _AUTH_IE_OFFSET_ - 4);
- if (!p || ie_len <= 0) {
+ if (!p || ie_len != 128) {
DBG_871X("auth rejected because challenge failure!(1)\n");
status = _STATS_CHALLENGE_FAIL_;
goto auth_fail;
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-14 23:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 13:32 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix WEP length underflow and OOB read in" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-14 23:34 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/8] staging: rtl8723bs: split too long line Sasha Levin
2026-07-14 23:34 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 2/8] staging: rtl8723bs: remove commented out RT_ASSERT occurrences Sasha Levin
2026-07-14 23:34 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 3/8] staging: rtl8723bs: remove all 5Ghz network types Sasha Levin
2026-07-14 23:34 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 4/8] staging: rtl8723bs: remove 5Ghz code related to channel plan definition Sasha Levin
2026-07-14 23:34 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 5/8] staging: rtl8723bs: remove 5Ghz code blocks Sasha Levin
2026-07-14 23:34 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 6/8] staging: rtl8723bs: remove commented out condition Sasha Levin
2026-07-14 23:34 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 7/8] staging: rtl8723bs: clean up comparsions to NULL Sasha Levin
2026-07-14 23:34 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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