From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>
Cc: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Senthil Balasubramanian" <senthilkumar@atheros.com>,
"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
"Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan" <vasanth@atheros.com>,
Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Alexey Khoroshilov" <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>,
lvc-project@linuxtesting.org,
syzbot+f2cb6e0ffdb961921e4d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:26:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871qlovtho.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230315202112.163012-2-pchelkin@ispras.ru> (Fedor Pchelkin's message of "Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:21:10 +0300")
Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru> writes:
> For the reasons described in commit b383e8abed41 ("wifi: ath9k: avoid
> uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()"), ath9k_htc_rx_msg() should
> validate pkt_len before accessing the SKB. For example, the obtained SKB
> may have uninitialized memory in the case of
> ioctl(USB_RAW_IOCTL_EP_WRITE).
>
> Implement sanity checking inside the corresponding endpoint RX handlers:
> ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx() and ath9k_htc_rxep(). Otherwise, uninit memory can
> be referenced.
>
> Add comments briefly describing the issue.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
It would be also nice to know how you have tested these. Syzkaller is no
substitute for testing on a real hardware.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-17 5:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-15 20:21 [PATCH 0/3] wifi: ath9k: deal with uninit memory Fedor Pchelkin
2023-03-15 20:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx Fedor Pchelkin
2023-03-17 5:26 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2023-03-18 20:25 ` Fedor Pchelkin
2023-04-24 18:23 ` Fedor Pchelkin
2023-04-24 18:33 ` [PATCH v2] " Fedor Pchelkin
2023-04-25 11:14 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2023-04-28 16:52 ` Kalle Valo
2023-03-15 20:21 ` [PATCH 2/3] wifi: ath9k: fix races between ath9k_wmi_cmd and ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx Fedor Pchelkin
2023-04-24 19:11 ` Fedor Pchelkin
2023-04-24 19:18 ` [PATCH v2] " Fedor Pchelkin
[not found] ` <20230425033832.2041-1-hdanton@sina.com>
2023-04-25 5:45 ` Kalle Valo
2023-04-25 7:54 ` Fedor Pchelkin
2023-04-25 19:26 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] " Fedor Pchelkin
2023-04-25 19:26 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] wifi: ath9k: protect WMI command response buffer replacement with a lock Fedor Pchelkin
2023-08-08 14:07 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
[not found] ` <20230425230708.2132-1-hdanton@sina.com>
2023-04-26 19:02 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] wifi: ath9k: fix races between ath9k_wmi_cmd and ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx Fedor Pchelkin
2023-05-15 12:06 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
[not found] ` <20230518102437.4443-1-hdanton@sina.com>
2023-05-18 15:44 ` Fedor Pchelkin
2023-08-08 14:06 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2023-08-22 13:35 ` Kalle Valo
2023-03-15 20:21 ` [PATCH 3/3] wifi: ath9k: fix ath9k_wmi_cmd return value when device is unplugged Fedor Pchelkin
2023-03-15 20:47 ` [PATCH 0/3] wifi: ath9k: deal with uninit memory Fedor Pchelkin
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