From: Masashi Honma <masashi.honma@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: johannes@sipsolutions.net, Masashi Honma <masashi.honma@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Fix overread in PREQ frame processing
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 07:59:03 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508225905.29998-1-masashi.honma@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8f0a2488540f4a65ea4d837a06225a27a10cc305.camel@sipsolutions.net>
When the AF flag is enabled, hwmp_preq_frame_process() overreads target_addr
by 2 bytes. Since this occurs within the socket buffer, it does not read across
memory boundaries and therefore poses no security risk; however, we will fix it
as a precaution.
In this fix, a new function mesh_path_parse_request_frame() is established to
separate the implementation of frame format validation and the check for
unsupported features. This is intended to facilitate future work when
implementing the currently unsupported parts.
Assisted-by: Claude:Sonnet 4.6
Signed-off-by: Masashi Honma <masashi.honma@gmail.com>
---
net/mac80211/mesh.h | 1 +
net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
net/mac80211/parse.c | 7 +++++--
3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.h b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
index 3f9664e4e00c..331d2d774196 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ struct mesh_path *
mpp_path_lookup_by_idx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, int idx);
void mesh_path_fix_nexthop(struct mesh_path *mpath, struct sta_info *next_hop);
void mesh_path_expire(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
+u8 mesh_path_parse_request_frame(const u8 *pos, u8 elen);
void mesh_rx_path_sel_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt, size_t len);
struct mesh_path *
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index 9d89ebcce1c1..4239412d12c7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static inline u16 u16_field_get(const u8 *preq_elem, int offset, bool ae)
#define PREQ_IE_ORIG_SN(x) u32_field_get(x, 13, 0)
#define PREQ_IE_LIFETIME(x) u32_field_get(x, 17, AE_F_SET(x))
#define PREQ_IE_METRIC(x) u32_field_get(x, 21, AE_F_SET(x))
+#define PREQ_IE_TARGET_COUNT(x) (*(AE_F_SET(x) ? x + 31 : x + 25))
#define PREQ_IE_TARGET_F(x) (*(AE_F_SET(x) ? x + 32 : x + 26))
#define PREQ_IE_TARGET_ADDR(x) (AE_F_SET(x) ? x + 33 : x + 27)
#define PREQ_IE_TARGET_SN(x) u32_field_get(x, 33, AE_F_SET(x))
@@ -924,6 +925,29 @@ static void hwmp_rann_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+/* IEEE Std 802.11-2016 9.4.2.113 PREQ element */
+u8 mesh_path_parse_request_frame(const u8 *pos, u8 elen)
+{
+ u8 target_count;
+ u8 expected_len;
+
+ target_count = PREQ_IE_TARGET_COUNT(pos);
+ if (unlikely(target_count < 1 || target_count > 20))
+ return IEEE80211_PARSE_ERR_UNEXPECTED_ELEM;
+
+ expected_len = 1 /* Flags */ + 1 /* Hop Count */ + 1 /* Element TTL */ +
+ 4 /* Path Discovery ID */ +
+ 6 /* Originator Mesh STA Address */ +
+ 4 /* Originator HWMP Sequence Number */ +
+ (AE_F_SET(pos) ? 6 : 0) /* Originator External Address */ +
+ 4 /* Lifetime */ + 4 /* Metric */ + 1 + /* Target Count */ +
+ target_count * (1 /* Per Target Flags */ +
+ 6 /* Target Address */ + 4 /* Target HWMP Sequence Number */);
+ if (unlikely(elen != expected_len))
+ return IEEE80211_PARSE_ERR_BAD_ELEM_SIZE;
+
+ return 0;
+}
void mesh_rx_path_sel_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt, size_t len)
@@ -932,6 +956,7 @@ void mesh_rx_path_sel_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
size_t baselen;
u32 path_metric;
struct sta_info *sta;
+ u8 target_count;
/* need action_code */
if (len < IEEE80211_MIN_ACTION_SIZE(mesh_action))
@@ -955,9 +980,15 @@ void mesh_rx_path_sel_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
return;
if (elems->preq) {
- if (elems->preq_len != 37)
- /* Right now we support just 1 destination and no AE */
+ /* Right now we do not support AE (Address Extension) */
+ if (AE_F_SET(elems->preq))
goto free;
+
+ /* Right now we only supports 1 target */
+ target_count = PREQ_IE_TARGET_COUNT(elems->preq);
+ if (target_count != 1)
+ goto free;
+
path_metric = hwmp_route_info_get(sdata, mgmt, elems->preq,
MPATH_PREQ);
if (path_metric)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/parse.c b/net/mac80211/parse.c
index 5e61457be0f3..7a2abe676361 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/parse.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/parse.c
@@ -547,8 +547,11 @@ _ieee802_11_parse_elems_full(struct ieee80211_elems_parse_params *params,
elems->awake_window = (void *)pos;
break;
case WLAN_EID_PREQ:
- elems->preq = pos;
- elems->preq_len = elen;
+ elem_parse_failed = mesh_path_parse_request_frame(pos, elen);
+ if (likely(!elem_parse_failed)) {
+ elems->preq = pos;
+ elems->preq_len = elen;
+ }
break;
case WLAN_EID_PREP:
elems->prep = pos;
--
2.43.0
next parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-08 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <8f0a2488540f4a65ea4d837a06225a27a10cc305.camel@sipsolutions.net>
2026-05-08 22:59 ` Masashi Honma [this message]
2026-05-08 22:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] Fix overread in PREP frame processing Masashi Honma
2026-05-08 22:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] Fix PERR " Masashi Honma
2026-05-09 9:17 ` [PATCH 1/3] Fix overread in PREQ " Johannes Berg
2026-05-09 23:41 ` Masashi Honma
2026-05-09 23:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] Fix overread in PREP " Masashi Honma
2026-05-09 23:41 ` [PATCH 3/3] Fix PERR " Masashi Honma
2026-05-11 7:47 ` [PATCH 1/3] Fix overread in PREQ " Johannes Berg
2026-05-11 8:58 ` Masashi Honma
2026-05-11 9:01 ` Johannes Berg
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