* [PATCH v2 0/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB reads and heap overflow from firmware responses
@ 2026-04-15 22:23 Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix heap overflow from oversized firmware HAL response Tristan Madani
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From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-04-15 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Loic Poulain; +Cc: Johannes Berg, wcn36xx, linux-wireless
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Hi Loic,
Note: this is a v2 resubmission. The original was sent via Gmail which
caused HTML rendering issues. This version uses git send-email for
proper plain-text formatting.
Three issues in wcn36xx HAL firmware response handling, including a heap
overflow in the main response dispatcher:
Proposed fixes in the following patches.
Thanks,
Tristan
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2026-04-15 22:23 [PATCH v2 0/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB reads and heap overflow from firmware responses Tristan Madani
@ 2026-04-15 22:23 ` Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB read from firmware count in PRINT_REG_INFO indication Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB read from short trigger BA firmware response Tristan Madani
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From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-04-15 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Loic Poulain; +Cc: Johannes Berg, wcn36xx, linux-wireless
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The firmware response dispatcher copies all synchronous HAL responses
into the 4096-byte hal_buf without validating the response length. A
response exceeding WCN36XX_HAL_BUF_SIZE causes a heap buffer overflow
with firmware-controlled content.
Add a bounds check on the response length.
Fixes: 8e84c2582169 ("wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680 hardware")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -3296,6 +3296,11 @@ int wcn36xx_smd_rsp_process(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
case WCN36XX_HAL_ADD_BCN_FILTER_RSP:
+ if (len > WCN36XX_HAL_BUF_SIZE) {
+ wcn36xx_warn("HAL response too large: %d\n", len);
+ break;
+ }
memcpy(wcn->hal_buf, buf, len);
wcn->hal_rsp_len = len;
complete(&wcn->hal_rsp_compl);
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2026-04-15 22:23 [PATCH v2 0/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB reads and heap overflow from firmware responses Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix heap overflow from oversized firmware HAL response Tristan Madani
@ 2026-04-15 22:23 ` Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB read from short trigger BA firmware response Tristan Madani
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-04-15 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Loic Poulain; +Cc: Johannes Berg, wcn36xx, linux-wireless
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The firmware-controlled rsp->count field is used as the loop bound for
indexing into the flexible rsp->regs[] array without validation against
the message length. A count exceeding the actual data causes out-of-
bounds reads from the heap-allocated message buffer.
Add a check that count fits within the received message.
Fixes: 43efa3c0f241 ("wcn36xx: Implement print_reg indication")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -2803,6 +2803,12 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_print_reg_info_ind(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
return -EIO;
}
+ if (rsp->count > (len - sizeof(*rsp)) / sizeof(rsp->regs[0])) {
+ wcn36xx_warn("Truncated print reg info indication: count %u, len %zu\n",
+ rsp->count, len);
+ return -EIO;
+ }
+
wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL,
"reginfo indication, scenario: 0x%x reason: 0x%x\n",
rsp->scenario, rsp->reason);
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2026-04-15 22:23 [PATCH v2 0/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB reads and heap overflow from firmware responses Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix heap overflow from oversized firmware HAL response Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB read from firmware count in PRINT_REG_INFO indication Tristan Madani
@ 2026-04-15 22:23 ` Tristan Madani
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-04-15 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Loic Poulain; +Cc: Johannes Berg, wcn36xx, linux-wireless
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The firmware response length is only checked against sizeof(*rsp) (20
bytes), but when candidate_cnt >= 1, a 22-byte candidate struct is read
at buf + 20 without verifying the response contains it. This causes an
out-of-bounds read of stale heap data, corrupting the BA session state.
Add validation that the response includes the candidate data.
Fixes: 16be1ac55944 ("wcn36xx: Parse trigger_ba response properly")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -2599,6 +2599,9 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_trigger_ba_rsp(void *buf, int len, struct add_ba_info *ba
if (rsp->candidate_cnt < 1)
return rsp->status ? rsp->status : -EINVAL;
+ if (len < sizeof(*rsp) + sizeof(*candidate))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
candidate = (struct wcn36xx_hal_trigger_ba_rsp_candidate *)(buf + sizeof(*rsp));
for (i = 0; i < STACFG_MAX_TC; i++) {
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* [PATCH v2 0/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB reads and heap overflow from firmware responses
@ 2026-04-15 22:37 Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB read from firmware count in PRINT_REG_INFO indication Tristan Madani
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-04-15 22:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Loic Poulain; +Cc: Johannes Berg, wcn36xx, linux-wireless
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Hi Loic,
Note: this is a v2 resubmission. The original was sent via Gmail which
caused HTML rendering issues. This version uses git send-email for
proper plain-text formatting.
Three issues in wcn36xx HAL firmware response handling, including a heap
overflow in the main response dispatcher:
Proposed fixes in the following patches.
Thanks,
Tristan
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v2 2/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB read from firmware count in PRINT_REG_INFO indication
2026-04-15 22:37 [PATCH v2 0/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB reads and heap overflow from firmware responses Tristan Madani
@ 2026-04-15 22:37 ` Tristan Madani
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-04-15 22:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Loic Poulain; +Cc: Johannes Berg, wcn36xx, linux-wireless
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The firmware-controlled rsp->count field is used as the loop bound for
indexing into the flexible rsp->regs[] array without validation against
the message length. A count exceeding the actual data causes out-of-
bounds reads from the heap-allocated message buffer.
Add a check that count fits within the received message.
Fixes: 43efa3c0f241 ("wcn36xx: Implement print_reg indication")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -2803,6 +2803,12 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_print_reg_info_ind(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
return -EIO;
}
+ if (rsp->count > (len - sizeof(*rsp)) / sizeof(rsp->regs[0])) {
+ wcn36xx_warn("Truncated print reg info indication: count %u, len %zu\n",
+ rsp->count, len);
+ return -EIO;
+ }
+
wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL,
"reginfo indication, scenario: 0x%x reason: 0x%x\n",
rsp->scenario, rsp->reason);
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