From: Tristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] wifi: b43: fix OOB read from hardware key index in b43_rx()
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:24:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415222425.1544638-3-tristmd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260415222425.1544638-1-tristmd@gmail.com>
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The firmware-controlled key index in b43_rx() can exceed the dev->key[]
array size (58 entries). The existing B43_WARN_ON is non-enforcing in
production builds, allowing an out-of-bounds read of 1 byte from struct
b43_firmware. A non-zero OOB value causes RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED to be
incorrectly set on un-decrypted frames.
Replace with an enforcing check that skips the key lookup for invalid
indices.
Fixes: e4d6b7951812 ("[B43]: add mac80211-based driver for modern BCM43xx devices")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/xmit.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/xmit.c
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/xmit.c
@@ -704,7 +704,10 @@ void b43_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, const void *_rxhdr)
*/
keyidx = b43_kidx_to_raw(dev, keyidx);
- B43_WARN_ON(keyidx >= ARRAY_SIZE(dev->key));
+ if (keyidx >= ARRAY_SIZE(dev->key)) {
+ b43dbg(dev->wl, "RX: invalid key index %u\n", keyidx);
+ goto drop;
+ }
if (dev->key[keyidx].algorithm != B43_SEC_ALGO_NONE) {
wlhdr_len = ieee80211_hdrlen(fctl);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-15 22:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-15 22:24 [PATCH v2 0/2] wifi: b43: fix OOB read and infinite loop from hardware-reported values Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] wifi: b43: fix infinite loop from invalid hardware DMA RX slot Tristan Madani
2026-04-16 6:34 ` Jonas Gorski
2026-04-16 16:31 ` Michael Büsch
2026-04-15 22:24 ` Tristan Madani [this message]
2026-04-16 6:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] wifi: b43: fix OOB read from hardware key index in b43_rx() Jonas Gorski
2026-04-16 16:35 ` Michael Büsch
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