From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
eric.dumazet@gmail.com, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
syzbot+bfc7323743ca6dbcc3d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 10:19:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108101927.857582-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
struct iw_point has a 32bit hole on 64bit arches.
struct iw_point {
void __user *pointer; /* Pointer to the data (in user space) */
__u16 length; /* number of fields or size in bytes */
__u16 flags; /* Optional params */
};
Make sure to zero the structure to avoid dislosing 32bits of kernel data
to user space.
Fixes: 87de87d5e47f ("wext: Dispatch and handle compat ioctls entirely in net/wireless/wext.c")
Reported-by: syzbot+bfc7323743ca6dbcc3d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/695f83f3.050a0220.1c677c.0392.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
net/wireless/wext-core.c | 4 ++++
net/wireless/wext-priv.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index c32a7c6903d53686bc5b51652a7c0574e7085659..7b8e94214b07224ffda4852d9e8a471a5fb18637 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -1101,6 +1101,10 @@ static int compat_standard_call(struct net_device *dev,
return ioctl_standard_call(dev, iwr, cmd, info, handler);
iwp_compat = (struct compat_iw_point *) &iwr->u.data;
+
+ /* struct iw_point has a 32bit hole on 64bit arches. */
+ memset(&iwp, 0, sizeof(iwp));
+
iwp.pointer = compat_ptr(iwp_compat->pointer);
iwp.length = iwp_compat->length;
iwp.flags = iwp_compat->flags;
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-priv.c b/net/wireless/wext-priv.c
index 674d426a9d24f9aab7657d1e8ecf342e3be87438..37d1147019c2baba3e3792bb98f098294cba00ec 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-priv.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-priv.c
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ int compat_private_call(struct net_device *dev, struct iwreq *iwr,
struct iw_point iwp;
iwp_compat = (struct compat_iw_point *) &iwr->u.data;
+
+ /* struct iw_point has a 32bit hole on 64bit arches. */
+ memset(&iwp, 0, sizeof(iwp));
+
iwp.pointer = compat_ptr(iwp_compat->pointer);
iwp.length = iwp_compat->length;
iwp.flags = iwp_compat->flags;
--
2.52.0.351.gbe84eed79e-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-08 10:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 10:19 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-01-08 10:29 ` [PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point Johannes Berg
2026-01-08 10:32 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-01-08 10:33 ` Johannes Berg
2026-01-08 12:25 ` Jonas Gorski
2026-01-08 11:01 ` Johannes Berg
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