* [PATCH v2] wifi: rtw89: add bounds check on firmware mac_id in link lookup
@ 2026-04-15 22:24 Tristan Madani
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From: Tristan Madani @ 2026-04-15 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ping-Ke Shih; +Cc: Johannes Berg, linux-wireless
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The mac_id field in RX descriptors is 8 bits wide (0-255), but
assoc_link_on_macid[] has only RTW89_MAX_MAC_ID_NUM (128) entries.
While the driver currently assigns mac_id values below 128, the
descriptor value comes from firmware and is not validated before use
as an array index. Add a defensive bounds check in
rtw89_assoc_link_rcu_dereference() to guard against out-of-range
firmware values.
Fixes: 144c6cd24b35 ("wifi: rtw89: 8922a: configure AP_LINK_PS if FW supports")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
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Changes in v2:
- v2: reframe as defensive bounds check. The driver assigns mac_id
values below 128, but the RX descriptor field is 8-bit.
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
@@ -6435,6 +6435,9 @@ static inline struct rtw89_sta_link *
rtw89_assoc_link_rcu_dereference(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, u8 macid)
{
+ if (macid >= RTW89_MAX_MAC_ID_NUM)
+ return NULL;
+
return rcu_dereference(rtwdev->assoc_link_on_macid[macid]);
}
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