From: Tristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware IE lengths in connect event
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:23:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415222349.1541181-3-tristmd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260415222349.1541181-1-tristmd@gmail.com>
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
The firmware-controlled beacon_ie_len, assoc_req_len, and assoc_resp_len
fields in ath6kl_wmi_connect_event_rx() are not validated against the
buffer length. Their sum (up to 765) can exceed the actual WMI event
data, causing out-of-bounds reads during IE parsing and state corruption
of wmi->is_wmm_enabled.
Add a check that the total IE length fits within the buffer.
Fixes: bdcd81707973 ("Add ath6kl cleaned up driver")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
@@ -860,6 +860,13 @@ static int ath6kl_wmi_connect_event_rx(struct wmi *wmi, u8 *datap, int len,
ev = (struct wmi_connect_event *) datap;
+ if (len < sizeof(*ev) + ev->beacon_ie_len +
+ ev->assoc_req_len + ev->assoc_resp_len) {
+ ath6kl_dbg(ATH6KL_DBG_WMI,
+ "connect event: IE lengths %u+%u+%u exceed buffer %d\n",
+ ev->beacon_ie_len, ev->assoc_req_len,
+ ev->assoc_resp_len, len);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
if (vif->nw_type == AP_NETWORK) {
/* AP mode start/STA connected event */
struct net_device *dev = vif->ndev;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-15 22:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-15 22:23 [PATCH v2 0/3] wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB accesses from firmware-controlled fields Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB access from firmware ADDBA window size Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:23 ` Tristan Madani [this message]
2026-04-15 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX complete handler Tristan Madani
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