[PATCH v2 1/2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB write in HT_caps_handler()

Alexandru Hossu
2026-04-27T08:19:47Z

HT_caps_handler() iterates pIE->length bytes and writes into
HT_caps.u.HT_cap[], which is a fixed 26-byte array (sizeof struct
HT_caps_element). Because pIE->length is a raw u8 from an over-the-air
802.11 AssocResponse frame and is never validated, a malicious AP can set
it up to 255, causing up to 229 bytes of out-of-bounds writes into
adjacent fields of struct mlme_ext_info.

Truncate the iteration count to the size of HT_caps.u.HT_cap using
min_t() so that data from a longer-than-expected IE is silently ignored
rather than written out of bounds, preserving interoperability with APs
that pad the element.

Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
index e0d73c267786..3247565f41bd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
@@ -936,7 +936,8 @@ void HT_caps_handler(struct adapter *padapter, struct ndis_80211_var_ie *pIE)

pmlmeinfo->HT_caps_enable = 1;

- for (i = 0; i < (pIE->length); i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < min_t(unsigned int, pIE->length,
+ sizeof(pmlmeinfo->HT_caps.u.HT_cap)); i++) {
if (i != 2) {
/* Commented by Albert 2010/07/12 */
/* Got the endian issue here. */
--
2.53.0