From: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: dan.carpenter@linaro.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, luka.gejak@linux.dev,
hossu.alexandru@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix heap buffer overflow in rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie()
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:51:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260426095156.3523480-4-hossu.alexandru@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260426095156.3523480-1-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>
Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
---
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 098456e97c96..3d930d9af184 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
@@ -1443,6 +1443,10 @@ 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;
@@ -1452,6 +1456,10 @@ 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-26 9:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-26 9:51 [PATCH v2 0/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads and heap overflow in IE parsing Alexandru Hossu
2026-04-26 9:51 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop Alexandru Hossu
2026-04-26 9:51 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl() Alexandru Hossu
2026-04-26 9:51 ` Alexandru Hossu [this message]
2026-04-26 10:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads and heap overflow in IE parsing Luka Gejak
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