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From: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
To: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [BlueZ 1/2] adv_monitor: Fix buffer overflow caused by integer overflow
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:16:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813091937.2600061-2-hadess@hadess.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813091937.2600061-1-hadess@hadess.net>

In src/adv_monitor.c, merged_pattern_send_add_pattern(), and with a
large merged_pattern->patterns list, it's possible to overflow cp_len,
an 8-bit integer:
pattern_count = queue_length(merged_pattern->patterns);
cp_len = sizeof(*cp) + pattern_count * sizeof(struct mgmt_adv_pattern);

Eight patterns require 273 bytes of command storage, but assigning
that result to uint8_t cp_len wraps it to 17 before allocation.

The loop that follows does not use the truncated size; it still copies
all eight 34-byte struct mgmt_adv_pattern records into the heap object.
The mismatch between the wrapped allocation size and the full copy
volume produces a large, deterministic heap overwrite.

Fix this in 2 ways in the function itself:
1) increase the size of cp_len, as 8 patterns would overflow it, and some
   typical Bluetooth devices can support 16 patterns
2) Store the result of the multiplication in a 64-bit integer before
   checking whether it's bigger than our 16-bit cp_len

A similar bug exists in merged_pattern_send_add_pattern_rssi().

Reported-by: @ax-nnlabs (for merged_pattern_send_add_pattern())
Reported-by: Aisle Research (for merged_pattern_send_add_pattern_rssi())
---
 src/adv_monitor.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/adv_monitor.c b/src/adv_monitor.c
index 87fa824b35d8..7f437a0e7c8f 100644
--- a/src/adv_monitor.c
+++ b/src/adv_monitor.c
@@ -1106,12 +1106,15 @@ static bool merged_pattern_send_add_pattern(
 			struct adv_monitor_merged_pattern *merged_pattern)
 {
 	struct mgmt_cp_add_adv_monitor *cp = NULL;
-	uint8_t pattern_count, cp_len;
+	uint64_t cp_len;
+	uint8_t pattern_count;
 	const struct queue_entry *e;
 	bool success = true;
 
 	pattern_count = queue_length(merged_pattern->patterns);
 	cp_len = sizeof(*cp) + pattern_count * sizeof(struct mgmt_adv_pattern);
+	if (cp_len > UINT16_MAX)
+		return false;
 
 	cp = malloc0(cp_len);
 	if (!cp)
@@ -1126,8 +1129,9 @@ static bool merged_pattern_send_add_pattern(
 
 	if (!mgmt_send(merged_pattern->manager->mgmt,
 			MGMT_OP_ADD_ADV_PATTERNS_MONITOR,
-			merged_pattern->manager->adapter_id, cp_len, cp,
-			add_adv_patterns_monitor_cb, merged_pattern, NULL)) {
+			merged_pattern->manager->adapter_id, (uint16_t) cp_len,
+			cp, add_adv_patterns_monitor_cb, merged_pattern,
+			NULL)) {
 		error("Unable to send Add Adv Patterns Monitor command");
 		success = false;
 	}
@@ -1141,12 +1145,15 @@ static bool merged_pattern_send_add_pattern_rssi(
 			struct adv_monitor_merged_pattern *merged_pattern)
 {
 	struct mgmt_cp_add_adv_patterns_monitor_rssi *cp = NULL;
-	uint8_t pattern_count, cp_len;
+	uint64_t cp_len;
+	uint8_t pattern_count;
 	const struct queue_entry *e;
 	bool success = true;
 
 	pattern_count = queue_length(merged_pattern->patterns);
 	cp_len = sizeof(*cp) + pattern_count * sizeof(struct mgmt_adv_pattern);
+	if (cp_len > UINT16_MAX)
+		return false;
 
 	cp = malloc0(cp_len);
 	if (!cp)
@@ -1169,8 +1176,9 @@ static bool merged_pattern_send_add_pattern_rssi(
 
 	if (!mgmt_send(merged_pattern->manager->mgmt,
 			MGMT_OP_ADD_ADV_PATTERNS_MONITOR_RSSI,
-			merged_pattern->manager->adapter_id, cp_len, cp,
-			add_adv_patterns_monitor_cb, merged_pattern, NULL)) {
+			merged_pattern->manager->adapter_id, (uint16_t) cp_len,
+			cp, add_adv_patterns_monitor_cb, merged_pattern,
+			NULL)) {
 		error("Unable to send Add Adv Patterns Monitor RSSI command");
 		success = false;
 	}
-- 
2.55.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-13  9:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-13  9:16 [BlueZ 0/2] adv_monitor: Fix buffer overflow caused by integer overflow Bastien Nocera
2026-08-13  9:16 ` Bastien Nocera [this message]
2026-08-13 10:30   ` bluez.test.bot
2026-08-13  9:16 ` [BlueZ 2/2] adv_monitor: Ignore additional patterns past what's supported Bastien Nocera

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