Re: [PATCH 0/5] wifi: ath11k/ath12k: validate capability TLV lengths

[Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>]

On 10/27/2026 10:12 PM, Jiale Yao wrote:
> Several ath11k and ath12k WMI parsers count firmware TLVs and later
> consume them as arrays of complete capability structures.  The generic
> iterator validates that a TLV fits in its enclosing message, but these
> tags have no minimum-length policies, so a short element can still cause
> an out-of-bounds structure read.
> 
> Add policies for the DMA buffer release, hardware mode, DMA ring, and
> extended MAC/PHY capability TLVs used by these paths.
> 
> Jiale Yao (5):
>   wifi: ath11k: validate DMA buffer release TLV lengths
>   wifi: ath11k: validate hardware mode capability TLVs
>   wifi: ath11k: validate DMA ring capability TLVs
>   wifi: ath12k: validate DMA buffer release fixed TLV length
>   wifi: ath12k: validate service-ready capability TLV lengths
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c | 8 ++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c | 8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 

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In the future if you fix multiple drivers with one series, please send all
patches to all affected lists. Alternately, split into separate series, one
per driver.

It messes up my processing when a subset is sent to each list.

/jeff