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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


             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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