[PATCH v6 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix heap buffer overflow in recvframe_defrag()

Delene Tchio Romuald
2026-04-17T06:12:14Z

In recvframe_defrag(), a memcpy() copies fragment data into the
reassembly buffer before validating that the buffer has sufficient
space. If the total reassembled payload exceeds the receive buffer
capacity, this results in a heap buffer overflow.

Additionally, the return values of recvframe_pull() and
recvframe_pull_tail() were ignored. On failure those helpers revert
their pointer updates and return NULL; continuing past such a
failure would leave pfhdr->rx_tail at its pre-strip value, so the
subsequent bounds check against rx_end - rx_tail would operate on
stale pointers.

An attacker within WiFi radio range can exploit this by sending
crafted 802.11 fragmented frames. No authentication is required.

Check the return values of recvframe_pull() and recvframe_pull_tail(),
then verify that the fragment payload fits within the remaining
buffer space before the memcpy(). Consolidate the five cleanup
paths through a single out_err label.

Found by reviewing memory operations in the driver and tracing
buffer pointer manipulation through rtw_recv.h inline helpers.
Not tested on hardware.

Fixes: 554c0a3abf216 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Delene Tchio Romuald <delenetchior1@gmail.com>
---
v6: restore the '/* memcpy */' comment that v5 had removed
as drive-by cleanup (Dan Carpenter).
v5: collapse the identical cleanup sites into a single
out_err label (Dan Carpenter).
v4: check return values of recvframe_pull() and
recvframe_pull_tail(); drop unnecessary (uint) cast;
add Fixes: tag and Cc: stable (Dan Carpenter).
v3: rebased on staging-next; sent as numbered series with
proper Cc from get_maintainer.pl.
v2: rebased on staging-next (v1 was based on v7.0-rc6 and
did not apply).

drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c | 36 ++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
index f78194d508dfc..8d5d9a6dc4db0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -1090,14 +1090,9 @@ static union recv_frame *recvframe_defrag(struct adapter *adapter,
pfhdr = &prframe->u.hdr;
list_del_init(&(prframe->u.list));

- if (curfragnum != pfhdr->attrib.frag_num) {
- /* the first fragment number must be 0 */
- /* free the whole queue */
- rtw_free_recvframe(prframe, pfree_recv_queue);
- rtw_free_recvframe_queue(defrag_q, pfree_recv_queue);
-
- return NULL;
- }
+ /* the first fragment number must be 0 */
+ if (curfragnum != pfhdr->attrib.frag_num)
+ goto out_err;

curfragnum++;

@@ -1112,13 +1107,9 @@ static union recv_frame *recvframe_defrag(struct adapter *adapter,

/* check the fragment sequence (2nd ~n fragment frame) */

- if (curfragnum != pnfhdr->attrib.frag_num) {
- /* the fragment number must be increasing (after decache) */
- /* release the defrag_q & prframe */
- rtw_free_recvframe(prframe, pfree_recv_queue);
- rtw_free_recvframe_queue(defrag_q, pfree_recv_queue);
- return NULL;
- }
+ /* the fragment number must be increasing (after decache) */
+ if (curfragnum != pnfhdr->attrib.frag_num)
+ goto out_err;

curfragnum++;

@@ -1127,10 +1118,16 @@ static union recv_frame *recvframe_defrag(struct adapter *adapter,

wlanhdr_offset = pnfhdr->attrib.hdrlen + pnfhdr->attrib.iv_len;

- recvframe_pull(pnextrframe, wlanhdr_offset);
+ if (!recvframe_pull(pnextrframe, wlanhdr_offset))
+ goto out_err;

/* append to first fragment frame's tail (if privacy frame, pull the ICV) */
- recvframe_pull_tail(prframe, pfhdr->attrib.icv_len);
+ if (!recvframe_pull_tail(prframe, pfhdr->attrib.icv_len))
+ goto out_err;
+
+ /* Verify the receiving buffer has enough space for the fragment */
+ if (pnfhdr->len > pfhdr->rx_end - pfhdr->rx_tail)
+ goto out_err;

/* memcpy */
memcpy(pfhdr->rx_tail, pnfhdr->rx_data, pnfhdr->len);
@@ -1146,6 +1143,11 @@ static union recv_frame *recvframe_defrag(struct adapter *adapter,
rtw_free_recvframe_queue(defrag_q, pfree_recv_queue);

return prframe;
+
+out_err:
+ rtw_free_recvframe(prframe, pfree_recv_queue);
+ rtw_free_recvframe_queue(defrag_q, pfree_recv_queue);
+ return NULL;
}

/* check if need to defrag, if needed queue the frame to defrag_q */
--
2.43.0