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From: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix heap buffer overflow in rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie()
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:19:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260424151932.3734611-4-hossu.alexandru@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260424151932.3734611-1-hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>

supplicant_ie is a 256-byte array in struct security_priv.  The WPA and
WPA2 IE copy paths use:

    memcpy(padapter->securitypriv.supplicant_ie, &pwpa[0], wpa_ielen + 2);

where wpa_ielen is the raw IE length field (u8, 0-255).  When a local user
supplies a connect request via nl80211 with a crafted WPA IE of length 255,
wpa_ielen + 2 equals 257, overflowing the 256-byte buffer by one byte into
the adjacent last_mic_err_time field.

rtw_parse_wpa_ie() does not prevent this: its length consistency check
compares *(wpa_ie+1) against (u8)(wpa_ie_len-2), which is (u8)(255) == 255
when wpa_ie_len = 257, so the check passes silently.

Add explicit bounds checks for both the WPA and WPA2 paths before the
memcpy, rejecting any IE whose total size (wpa_ielen + 2) exceeds the
supplicant_ie buffer.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
index fd3bae31b0ed..e7ba5ccfa03c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
@@ -1445,6 +1445,10 @@ static int rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pie, size_t iel
 
 	pwpa = rtw_get_wpa_ie(buf, &wpa_ielen, ielen);
 	if (pwpa && wpa_ielen > 0) {
+		if (wpa_ielen + 2 > sizeof(padapter->securitypriv.supplicant_ie)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto exit;
+		}
 		if (rtw_parse_wpa_ie(pwpa, wpa_ielen + 2, &group_cipher, &pairwise_cipher, NULL) == _SUCCESS) {
 			padapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm = dot11AuthAlgrthm_8021X;
 			padapter->securitypriv.ndisauthtype = Ndis802_11AuthModeWPAPSK;
@@ -1454,6 +1458,10 @@ static int rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pie, size_t iel
 
 	pwpa2 = rtw_get_wpa2_ie(buf, &wpa2_ielen, ielen);
 	if (pwpa2 && wpa2_ielen > 0) {
+		if (wpa2_ielen + 2 > sizeof(padapter->securitypriv.supplicant_ie)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto exit;
+		}
 		if (rtw_parse_wpa2_ie(pwpa2, wpa2_ielen + 2, &group_cipher, &pairwise_cipher, NULL) == _SUCCESS) {
 			padapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm = dot11AuthAlgrthm_8021X;
 			padapter->securitypriv.ndisauthtype = Ndis802_11AuthModeWPA2PSK;
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-24 15:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-24 15:19 [PATCH 0/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads and heap overflow in IE parsing Alexandru Hossu
2026-04-24 15:19 ` [PATCH 1/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop Alexandru Hossu
2026-04-25 11:42   ` Dan Carpenter
2026-04-24 15:19 ` [PATCH 2/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl() Alexandru Hossu
2026-04-24 15:19 ` Alexandru Hossu [this message]
2026-04-25 12:10   ` [PATCH 3/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix heap buffer overflow in rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie() Dan Carpenter
2026-04-24 16:05 ` [PATCH 0/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads and heap overflow in IE parsing Luka Gejak

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