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 v9 4/9] wifi: mac80211: Fix overread in PREQ frame processing
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 08:09:46 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260529230952.124754-4-masashi.honma@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260529230952.124754-1-masashi.honma@gmail.com>
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>
---
include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 12 ++++++++++--
net/mac80211/parse.c | 9 +++++++--
3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h b/include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h
index f709263c310b..8fbd31d9538d 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211-mesh.h
@@ -358,4 +358,33 @@ ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_perr_get_rcode(const u8 *ie, u8 dst_idx)
(dst->flags & AE_F) ? ETH_ALEN : 0]);
}
+/* IEEE Std 802.11-2016 9.4.2.113 PREQ element */
+static inline bool ieee80211_mesh_preq_size_ok(const u8 *pos, u8 elen)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_preq_bottom *preq_elem_bottom =
+ ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_preq_get_bottom(pos);
+ u8 target_count;
+ int needed;
+
+ /* Check if the element contains flags */
+ needed = sizeof(struct ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_preq_top);
+ if (elen < needed)
+ return false;
+
+ /* Check if the element contains target_count */
+ needed += (ieee80211_mesh_preq_prep_ae_enabled(pos) ? ETH_ALEN : 0)
+ /* Originator External Address */ +
+ sizeof(struct ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_preq_bottom);
+ if (elen < needed)
+ return false;
+
+ target_count = preq_elem_bottom->target_count;
+ /* IEEE Std 802.11-2016 Table 14-10 to 14-16 */
+ if (target_count < 1)
+ return false;
+
+ needed += target_count * sizeof(struct ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_preq_target);
+ return elen == needed;
+}
+
#endif /* LINUX_IEEE80211_MESH_H */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index 378338778a23..ef6eff52f32a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -929,9 +929,17 @@ 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 */
+ struct ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_preq_bottom *preq_elem_bottom =
+ ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_preq_get_bottom(elems->preq);
+
+ /* Right now we do not support AE (Address Extension) */
+ if (ieee80211_mesh_preq_prep_ae_enabled(elems->preq))
goto free;
+
+ /* Right now we only support 1 target */
+ if (preq_elem_bottom->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 8b30e361b622..3d441ff9593d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/parse.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/parse.c
@@ -563,8 +563,13 @@ _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;
+ if (ieee80211_mesh_preq_size_ok(pos, elen)) {
+ elems->preq = pos;
+ elems->preq_len = elen;
+ } else {
+ elem_parse_failed =
+ IEEE80211_PARSE_ERR_BAD_ELEM_SIZE;
+ }
break;
case WLAN_EID_PREP:
elems->prep = pos;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-29 23:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-29 23:09 [PATCH v9 1/9] wifi: mac80211: Use struct instead of macro for PREQ frame Masashi Honma
2026-05-29 23:09 ` [PATCH v9 2/9] wifi: mac80211: Use struct instead of macro for PREP frame Masashi Honma
2026-05-29 23:09 ` [PATCH v9 3/9] wifi: mac80211: Use struct instead of macro for PERR frame Masashi Honma
2026-05-29 23:09 ` Masashi Honma [this message]
2026-05-29 23:09 ` [PATCH v9 5/9] wifi: mac80211: Fix overread in PREP frame processing Masashi Honma
2026-05-29 23:09 ` [PATCH v9 6/9] wifi: mac80211: Fix PERR " Masashi Honma
2026-05-29 23:09 ` [PATCH v9 7/9] Add KUnit test for ieee80211_mesh_preq_size_ok Masashi Honma
2026-05-29 23:09 ` [PATCH v9 8/9] Add KUnit test for ieee80211_mesh_prep_size_ok Masashi Honma
2026-05-29 23:09 ` [PATCH v9 9/9] Add KUnit test for ieee80211_mesh_perr_size_ok Masashi Honma
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