[PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

[PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

[Eric Dumazet]

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

Re: [PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

[Johannes Berg]

On Thu, 2026-01-08 at 10:19 +0000, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 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.

Heh, wow. Talk about old code.

> Reported-by: syzbot+bfc7323743ca6dbcc3d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/695f83f3.050a0220.1c677c.0392.GAE@google.com/T/#u

Was that intentionally without Link: or some other tag?

johannes

Re: [PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

[Eric Dumazet]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2026-01-08 at 10:19 +0000, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Heh, wow. Talk about old code.
>
> > Reported-by: syzbot+bfc7323743ca6dbcc3d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/695f83f3.050a0220.1c677c.0392.GAE@google.com/T/#u
>
> Was that intentionally without Link: or some other tag?

Somehow the Closes: prefix has been lost when I cooked the patch.

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/695f83f3.050a0220.1c677c.0392.GAE@google.com/T/#u

Let me know if you want a V2, thanks.

>
> johannes

Re: [PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

[Johannes Berg]

On Thu, 2026-01-08 at 11:32 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 2026-01-08 at 10:19 +0000, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > Heh, wow. Talk about old code.
> > 
> > > Reported-by: syzbot+bfc7323743ca6dbcc3d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/695f83f3.050a0220.1c677c.0392.GAE@google.com/T/#u
> > 
> > Was that intentionally without Link: or some other tag?
> 
> Somehow the Closes: prefix has been lost when I cooked the patch.
> 
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/695f83f3.050a0220.1c677c.0392.GAE@google.com/T/#u
> 
> Let me know if you want a V2, thanks.

I'll add it, no worries.

johannes

Re: [PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

[Johannes Berg]

On Thu, 2026-01-08 at 10:19 +0000, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/695f83f3.050a0220.1c677c.0392.GAE@google.com/T/#u

That wasn't the easiest bit to follow (for me anyway), so for anyone
else wanting to follow along, here's my interpretation of what happens:

> +++ 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;

This all looks mostly fine locally, even for the compat code, i.e. for a
32-bit task on the 64-bit machine. The iwp is created here and is given
to ioctl_standard_iw_point(), which crucially then for some requests
(according to IW_DESCR_FLAG_EVENT) passes it to wireless_send_event().

This then can creates _two_ events, one for 32-bit tasks and one for 64-
bit tasks, and the 64-bit one will have the "struct iw_point" starting
from "length", excluding "pointer" but including the padding at the
end... The layout is further described in the "The problem for 64/32
bit." comment in wext-core.c

I don't think this can happen for the compat_private_call() part since
no events are generated there, but fixing it there as well is definitely
better (and who knows what random drivers might do in priv ioctls.)

johannes

Re: [PATCH net] wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

[Jonas Gorski]

Hi,

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2026-01-08 at 10:19 +0000, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > > 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

In case you do a V2: dislosing -> disclosing (I assume)

> > > to user space.

Best regards,
Jonas