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From: Delene Tchio Romuald <delenetchior1@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Delene Tchio Romuald <delenetchior1@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds reads in IE parsing functions
Date: Sun,  5 Apr 2026 01:00:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260405000024.73568-1-delenetchior1@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260404222100.57946-1-delenetchior1@gmail.com>

The IE parsing loops in rtw_get_wapi_ie(), rtw_get_sec_ie(), and
rtw_get_wps_ie() check only that the element ID byte is within bounds
(cnt < in_len), but then immediately access the length byte at
in_ie[cnt+1] and data bytes at in_ie[cnt+2] and beyond without
verifying that these offsets are within the buffer.

A malicious access point can send beacon or probe response frames with
truncated Information Elements, triggering out-of-bounds reads on
kernel heap memory. No authentication is required.

Add two bounds checks to each function:
 - Ensure at least 2 bytes remain for the IE header (cnt + 1 < in_len)
 - Validate the full IE fits in the buffer before accessing its data
   (cnt + 2 + ie_len <= in_len)

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Delene Tchio Romuald <delenetchior1@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index 72b7f731d..e0fed3f42 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -582,9 +582,12 @@ int rtw_get_wapi_ie(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 *wapi_ie, u16 *wapi_len)
 
 	cnt = (_TIMESTAMP_ + _BEACON_ITERVAL_ + _CAPABILITY_);
 
-	while (cnt < in_len) {
+	while (cnt + 1 < in_len) {
 		authmode = in_ie[cnt];
 
+		if (cnt + 2 + in_ie[cnt + 1] > in_len)
+			break;
+
 		if (authmode == WLAN_EID_BSS_AC_ACCESS_DELAY &&
 		    (!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 6], wapi_oui1, 4) ||
 		     !memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 6], wapi_oui2, 4))) {
@@ -615,9 +618,12 @@ void rtw_get_sec_ie(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 *rsn_ie, u16 *rsn_len, u8 *wpa_ie
 
 	cnt = (_TIMESTAMP_ + _BEACON_ITERVAL_ + _CAPABILITY_);
 
-	while (cnt < in_len) {
+	while (cnt + 1 < in_len) {
 		authmode = in_ie[cnt];
 
+		if (cnt + 2 + in_ie[cnt + 1] > in_len)
+			break;
+
 		if ((authmode == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) &&
 		    (!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], &wpa_oui[0], 4))) {
 			if (wpa_ie)
@@ -658,9 +664,12 @@ u8 *rtw_get_wps_ie(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 *wps_ie, uint *wps_ielen)
 
 	cnt = 0;
 
-	while (cnt < in_len) {
+	while (cnt + 1 < in_len) {
 		eid = in_ie[cnt];
 
+		if (cnt + 2 + in_ie[cnt + 1] > in_len)
+			break;
+
 		if ((eid == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) && (!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], wps_oui, 4))) {
 			wpsie_ptr = &in_ie[cnt];
 
-- 
2.43.0


       reply	other threads:[~2026-04-05  0:00 UTC|newest]

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     [not found] <20260404222100.57946-1-delenetchior1@gmail.com>
2026-04-05  0:00 ` Delene Tchio Romuald [this message]
2026-04-05  8:01   ` [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds reads in IE parsing functions Greg KH

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