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 2/3] Fix overread in PREP frame processing
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 08:41:42 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260509234143.101237-2-masashi.honma@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260509234143.101237-1-masashi.honma@gmail.com>
When the AF flag is enabled, hwmp_prep_frame_process() overreads orig_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_reply_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>
---
include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 5 +++--
net/mac80211/parse.c | 9 +++++++--
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h b/include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h
index 8ff68cf539ff..ddbf475c1cc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h
@@ -283,4 +283,22 @@ static inline bool ieee80211_mesh_preq_size_ok(const u8 *pos, u8 elen)
return true;
}
+/* IEEE Std 802.11-2016 9.4.2.114 PREP element */
+static inline bool ieee80211_mesh_prep_size_ok(const u8 *pos, u8 elen)
+{
+ u8 needed;
+
+ needed = 1 /* Flags */ + 1 /* Hop Count */ + 1 /* Element TTL */ +
+ 6 /* Target Mesh STA Address */ +
+ 4 /* Target HWMP Sequence Number */ +
+ (AE_F_SET(pos) ? 6 : 0) /* Target External Address */ +
+ 4 /* Lifetime */ + 4 /* Metric */ +
+ 6 /* Originator Mesh STA Address */ +
+ 4 /* Originator HWMP Sequence Number */;
+ if (elen != needed)
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
#endif /* LINUX_IEEE80211_MESH_H */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index a4984b015995..c70cfc2d6299 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -941,9 +941,10 @@ void mesh_rx_path_sel_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
path_metric);
}
if (elems->prep) {
- if (elems->prep_len != 31)
- /* Right now we support no AE */
+ /* Right now we do not support AE (Address Extension) */
+ if (AE_F_SET(elems->prep))
goto free;
+
path_metric = hwmp_route_info_get(sdata, mgmt, elems->prep,
MPATH_PREP);
if (path_metric)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/parse.c b/net/mac80211/parse.c
index 9e52cc48fc18..bbd1e1bc77b4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/parse.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/parse.c
@@ -556,8 +556,13 @@ _ieee802_11_parse_elems_full(struct ieee80211_elems_parse_params *params,
}
break;
case WLAN_EID_PREP:
- elems->prep = pos;
- elems->prep_len = elen;
+ if (ieee80211_mesh_prep_size_ok(pos, elen)) {
+ elems->prep = pos;
+ elems->prep_len = elen;
+ } else {
+ elem_parse_failed =
+ IEEE80211_PARSE_ERR_BAD_ELEM_SIZE;
+ }
break;
case WLAN_EID_PERR:
elems->perr = pos;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-09 23:41 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 ` [PATCH 1/3] Fix overread in PREQ frame processing Masashi Honma
2026-05-08 22:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] Fix overread in PREP " 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 ` Masashi Honma [this message]
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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