From: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
To: Tristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] wifi: mwifiex: fix OOB read in scan response from mismatched TLV data sizes
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:28:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aekTMPJTltIzuAUE@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421134938.331334-5-tristmd@gmail.com>
On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 01:49:36PM +0000, Tristan Madani wrote:
> From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
>
> The TSF and ChanBand TLV arrays are indexed by the firmware-controlled
> number_of_sets without cross-checking against the TLV header length
> fields. When number_of_sets exceeds the TLV data, the loop reads past
> the TLV data into adjacent command response memory.
>
> Stop using the TLV data once the index exceeds its reported length.
>
> Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9a4 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver")
> Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Regenerated from wireless-next with proper git format-patch to
> produce valid index hashes (v2 had post-processed index lines).
>
> Changes in v2:
> - No code changes from v1.
>
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c | 9 ++++++---
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
My brain cries a little every time I have to read and trust this sort of
arithmetic in C.
Acked-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-22 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 13:49 [PATCH v3 0/6] wifi: mwifiex: firmware trust boundary hardening Tristan Madani
2026-04-21 13:49 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] wifi: mwifiex: fix OOB write from firmware queue_index in WMM status response Tristan Madani
2026-04-21 23:19 ` Brian Norris
2026-04-21 13:49 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] wifi: mwifiex: fix OOB write from firmware TID in ADDBA response handler Tristan Madani
2026-04-21 23:30 ` Brian Norris
2026-04-21 13:49 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] wifi: mwifiex: fix OOB read from firmware sta_count in station list response Tristan Madani
2026-04-22 18:26 ` Brian Norris
2026-04-22 19:12 ` Johannes Berg
2026-04-22 19:54 ` Brian Norris
2026-04-22 19:57 ` Johannes Berg
2026-04-22 20:09 ` Johannes Berg
2026-04-22 19:06 ` Johannes Berg
2026-04-21 13:49 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] wifi: mwifiex: fix OOB read in scan response from mismatched TLV data sizes Tristan Madani
2026-04-22 18:28 ` Brian Norris [this message]
2026-04-21 13:49 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] wifi: mwifiex: fix OOB read from firmware intf_num in multichannel event Tristan Madani
2026-04-21 23:20 ` Brian Norris
2026-04-21 13:49 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] wifi: mwifiex: fix OOB read from inflated TLV length in IBSS peer event Tristan Madani
2026-04-21 23:20 ` Brian Norris
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