From: Tristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>
To: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@linaro.org>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
wcn36xx@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB read from short trigger BA firmware response
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:23:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415222358.1541983-4-tristmd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260415222358.1541983-1-tristmd@gmail.com>
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++) {
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-15 22:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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 [this message]
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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 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] wifi: wcn36xx: fix OOB read from short trigger BA firmware response Tristan Madani
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