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From: Delene Tchio Romuald <delenetchior1@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: dan.carpenter@linaro.org, error27@gmail.com,
	luka.gejak@linux.dev, hansg@kernel.org,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Delene Tchio Romuald <delenetchior1@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix integer underflow in TKIP MIC verification
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:54:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415185501.440492-3-delenetchior1@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260415185501.440492-1-delenetchior1@gmail.com>

In recvframe_chkmic(), the payload length is computed as:

    datalen = precvframe->u.hdr.len - prxattrib->hdrlen
              - prxattrib->iv_len - prxattrib->icv_len - 8;

All operands are unsigned. If the receive frame is shorter than the
sum of the header, IV, ICV and MIC sizes, this subtraction wraps
around and datalen becomes a huge unsigned value. That value is then
passed to rtw_secmicappend(), which reads past the end of the
receive buffer and can leak kernel memory or trigger a crash.

An attacker within WiFi radio range can exploit this by sending a
crafted short TKIP-encrypted frame. No authentication is required.

Validate that the frame is large enough for the TKIP MIC
computation before the subtraction.

Found by reviewing length arithmetic in the TKIP receive path.
Not tested on hardware.

Fixes: 554c0a3abf216 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Delene Tchio Romuald <delenetchior1@gmail.com>
---
v4: add Fixes: tag and Cc: stable (Dan Carpenter); carry Luka Gejak's
    Reviewed-by.
v3: rebased on staging-next; sent as numbered series with proper
    Cc from get_maintainer.pl.
v2: rebased on staging-next (v1 was based on v7.0-rc6 and did not
    apply).

 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
index a739c2bada2a1..00b69571bbb83 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -390,6 +390,13 @@ static signed int recvframe_chkmic(struct adapter *adapter,  union recv_frame *p
 				mickey = &stainfo->dot11tkiprxmickey.skey[0];
 			}
 
+			/* Ensure the frame is large enough for TKIP MIC verification */
+			if (precvframe->u.hdr.len <= prxattrib->hdrlen +
+			    prxattrib->iv_len + prxattrib->icv_len + 8) {
+				res = _FAIL;
+				goto exit;
+			}
+
 			datalen = precvframe->u.hdr.len - prxattrib->hdrlen - prxattrib->iv_len - prxattrib->icv_len - 8;/* icv_len included the mic code */
 			pframe = precvframe->u.hdr.rx_data;
 			payload = pframe + prxattrib->hdrlen + prxattrib->iv_len;
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-15 18:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-15 18:54 [PATCH v4 0/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix multiple security vulnerabilities Delene Tchio Romuald
2026-04-15 18:54 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix heap buffer overflow in recvframe_defrag() Delene Tchio Romuald
2026-04-15 19:56   ` Dan Carpenter
2026-04-15 18:54 ` Delene Tchio Romuald [this message]
2026-04-15 18:54 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in portctrl() Delene Tchio Romuald
2026-04-16 16:36   ` Dan Carpenter
2026-04-16 17:44     ` Luka Gejak
2026-04-15 18:55 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds reads in IE parsing functions Delene Tchio Romuald
2026-04-16 16:44   ` Dan Carpenter
2026-04-15 18:55 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix negative length in WEP decryption Delene Tchio Romuald
2026-04-16 16:46   ` Dan Carpenter

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