From: Tristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] wifi: b43: fix infinite loop from invalid hardware DMA RX slot
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:24:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415222425.1544638-2-tristmd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260415222425.1544638-1-tristmd@gmail.com>
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
b43_dma_rx() reads current_slot from hardware via get_current_rxslot().
If the value is >= ring->nr_slots, the B43_WARN_ON only warns but
continues. The for loop then never terminates because next_slot() wraps
modulo nr_slots and can never reach the out-of-range current_slot.
Replace the B43_WARN_ON with an explicit bounds check that returns
early when the hardware reports an invalid slot index.
Fixes: e4d6b7951812 ("[B43]: add mac80211-based driver for modern BCM43xx devices")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c
@@ -1693,7 +1693,10 @@ void b43_dma_rx(struct b43_dmaring *ring)
B43_WARN_ON(ring->tx);
current_slot = ops->get_current_rxslot(ring);
- B43_WARN_ON(!(current_slot >= 0 && current_slot < ring->nr_slots));
+ if (!(current_slot >= 0 && current_slot < ring->nr_slots)) {
+ B43_WARN_ON(1);
+ return;
+ }
slot = ring->current_slot;
for (; slot != current_slot; slot = next_slot(ring, slot)) {
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-15 22:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-15 22:24 [PATCH v2 0/2] wifi: b43: fix OOB read and infinite loop from hardware-reported values Tristan Madani
2026-04-15 22:24 ` Tristan Madani [this message]
2026-04-16 6:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] wifi: b43: fix infinite loop from invalid hardware DMA RX slot Jonas Gorski
2026-04-16 16:31 ` Michael Büsch
2026-04-15 22:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] wifi: b43: fix OOB read from hardware key index in b43_rx() Tristan Madani
2026-04-16 6:34 ` Jonas Gorski
2026-04-16 16:35 ` Michael Büsch
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