From: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@gmail.com>
To: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Cc: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@gmail.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, brcm80211@lists.linux.dev,
brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kaixuan Li <kaixuan.li@ntu.edu.sg>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: fix heap overflow on a short auth frame
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:13:13 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260627131313.3878893-1-maoyixie.tju@gmail.com> (raw)
brcmf_notify_auth_frame_rx() takes the frame length from the firmware
event and copies the frame body with the management header offset
subtracted:
u32 mgmt_frame_len = e->datalen - sizeof(struct brcmf_rx_mgmt_data);
...
memcpy(&mgmt_frame->u, frame,
mgmt_frame_len - offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u));
The only length check is e->datalen >= sizeof(*rxframe), so mgmt_frame_len
can be anything from 0 up. offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u) is 24. When
mgmt_frame_len is below that, the subtraction wraps as an unsigned value to
a huge length. The memcpy then runs far past the kzalloc'd buffer. A
malicious or malfunctioning AP can make the frame short during the
external SAE auth exchange, so this is a remotely triggered heap overflow.
Reject frames shorter than the management header offset before the copy.
Fixes: 66f909308a7c ("wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: support external SAE authentication in station mode")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/178214417708.2368577.16740907093694208834@maoyixie.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Co-developed-by: Kaixuan Li <kaixuan.li@ntu.edu.sg>
Signed-off-by: Kaixuan Li <kaixuan.li@ntu.edu.sg>
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
index ce09d44fa73cf..873754be5174b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
@@ -293,6 +293,12 @@ brcmf_notify_auth_frame_rx(struct brcmf_if *ifp,
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (mgmt_frame_len < offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u)) {
+ bphy_err(drvr, "Event %s (%d) frame too small. Ignore\n",
+ brcmf_fweh_event_name(e->event_code), e->event_code);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
wdev = &ifp->vif->wdev;
WARN_ON(!wdev);
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