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From: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix skb->len underflow in monitor TX path
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:02:12 +0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260718190212.64409-1-meatuni001@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260718185445.63070-1-meatuni001@gmail.com>

rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() strips a radiotap header with
skb_pull(skb, rtap_len), then immediately dereferences the 802.11
header fields (frame_control, addr1, addr2) without checking that
skb->len is still large enough to contain a struct ieee80211_hdr
(24 bytes).

Further down, it calls:

	skb_pull(skb, dot11_hdr_len + qos_len + snap_len -
			sizeof(src_mac_addr) * 2);

again with no check that skb->len covers this amount first. Plain
skb_pull() does not itself validate the requested length against
skb->len; on a too-short injected frame this makes skb->len
underflow to a huge unsigned value, after which skb->data and the
following memcpy()s operate on a corrupted skb.

This function is reachable by writing a raw frame to a monitor-mode
network device, which does not require elevated privileges beyond
being able to create/use a monitor-mode interface (CAP_NET_RAW).

Add explicit skb->len checks before dereferencing the 802.11 header
and before each skb_pull(), bailing out via the existing "fail"
error path on any mismatch.

Fixes: 554c0a3abf216 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
index 6a97afd89dc7..eac1b6ac4c67 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
@@ -2034,10 +2034,15 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry(struct sk_buff *skb, struc
 	/* Skip the ratio tap header */
 	skb_pull(skb, rtap_len);
 
+	if (unlikely(skb->len < sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr)))
+		goto fail;
+
 	dot11_hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
 	frame_control = le16_to_cpu(dot11_hdr->frame_control);
 	/* Check if the QoS bit is set */
 	if ((frame_control & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) == IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA) {
+		int pull_len;
+
 		/* Check if this ia a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) frame
 		 * which has 4 MAC addresses
 		 */
@@ -2046,13 +2051,19 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry(struct sk_buff *skb, struc
 		if ((frame_control & 0x0300) == 0x0300)
 			dot11_hdr_len += 6;
 
+		if (unlikely(skb->len < dot11_hdr_len + qos_len))
+			goto fail;
+
 		memcpy(dst_mac_addr, dot11_hdr->addr1, sizeof(dst_mac_addr));
 		memcpy(src_mac_addr, dot11_hdr->addr2, sizeof(src_mac_addr));
 
 		/* Skip the 802.11 header, QoS (if any) and SNAP, but leave spaces for
 		 * two MAC addresses
 		 */
-		skb_pull(skb, dot11_hdr_len + qos_len + snap_len - sizeof(src_mac_addr) * 2);
+		pull_len = dot11_hdr_len + qos_len + snap_len - sizeof(src_mac_addr) * 2;
+		if (unlikely(pull_len < 0 || skb->len < pull_len))
+			goto fail;
+		skb_pull(skb, pull_len);
 		pdata = (unsigned char *)skb->data;
 		memcpy(pdata, dst_mac_addr, sizeof(dst_mac_addr));
 		memcpy(pdata + sizeof(dst_mac_addr), src_mac_addr, sizeof(src_mac_addr));
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-18 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-18 18:54 [PATCH 0/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix multiple OOB reads in IE and frame parsing Muhammad Bilal
2026-07-18 18:54 ` [PATCH 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_get_wps_ie() Muhammad Bilal
2026-07-18 18:54 ` [PATCH 2/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read / stack overflow in rtw_get_wps_attr() Muhammad Bilal
2026-07-18 18:54 ` [PATCH 3/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse() Muhammad Bilal
2026-07-18 18:54 ` [PATCH 4/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie() Muhammad Bilal
2026-07-18 19:02 ` Muhammad Bilal [this message]
2026-07-19  5:18 ` [PATCH 0/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix multiple OOB reads in IE and frame parsing Greg Kroah-Hartman

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