From: "Lekë Hapçiu" <snowwlake@icloud.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
"Lekë Hapçiu" <framemain@outlook.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v3 2/4] nfc: llcp: fix TLV parsing in parse_gb_tlv and parse_connection_tlv
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:35:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260414233534.55973-3-snowwlake@icloud.com> (raw)
From: Lekë Hapçiu <framemain@outlook.com>
nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv() and nfc_llcp_parse_connection_tlv() walk TLV
arrays whose length and content come from a peer-supplied frame. The
parsing loop has three weaknesses:
1. `offset` is declared u8 while `tlv_array_len` is u16. In
parse_connection_tlv() the TLV array can reach ~2173 bytes (MIUX
up to 0x7FF), so 128 zero-length TLVs wrap `offset` back to 0 and
the loop never terminates while `tlv` advances past the buffer.
2. The guard `offset < tlv_array_len` only proves one byte is
available, but the body reads tlv[0] (type) and tlv[1] (length).
When one byte remains, tlv[1] is out of bounds.
3. `length` is read from peer data and used to advance `tlv` without
being checked against the remaining array space. A crafted length
walks `tlv` past the buffer; the next iteration reads tlv[0]/tlv[1]
from adjacent memory.
The llcp_tlv8() and llcp_tlv16() accessors additionally read tlv[2]
and tlv[2..3]; a zero-length TLV makes those reads out of bounds.
Fix: promote `offset` to u16; add two per-iteration guards, one for
the TLV header and one for the TLV value; require length >= 1 for all
TLVs before the type dispatch and length >= 2 for the llcp_tlv16()
accessors (MIUX, WKS). Return -EINVAL on malformed input.
Reached on ATR_RES (parse_gb_tlv) and on CONNECT/CC PDUs before a
connection is established (parse_connection_tlv). Both are
triggerable from any NFC peer within ~4 cm, without authentication.
Reported-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Fixes: d646960f7986 ("NFC: Add LLCP sockets")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lekë Hapçiu <framemain@outlook.com>
---
net/nfc/llcp_commands.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c b/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
index 291f26fac..b6dcfb2d1 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
const u8 *tlv_array, u16 tlv_array_len)
{
const u8 *tlv = tlv_array;
- u8 type, length, offset = 0;
+ u8 type, length;
+ u16 offset = 0;
pr_debug("TLV array length %d\n", tlv_array_len);
@@ -201,8 +202,14 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
return -ENODEV;
while (offset < tlv_array_len) {
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
type = tlv[0];
length = tlv[1];
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset - 2 < length)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (length < 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
pr_debug("type 0x%x length %d\n", type, length);
@@ -211,9 +218,13 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
local->remote_version = llcp_tlv_version(tlv);
break;
case LLCP_TLV_MIUX:
+ if (length < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
local->remote_miu = llcp_tlv_miux(tlv) + 128;
break;
case LLCP_TLV_WKS:
+ if (length < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
local->remote_wks = llcp_tlv_wks(tlv);
break;
case LLCP_TLV_LTO:
@@ -243,7 +254,8 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_connection_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock,
const u8 *tlv_array, u16 tlv_array_len)
{
const u8 *tlv = tlv_array;
- u8 type, length, offset = 0;
+ u8 type, length;
+ u16 offset = 0;
pr_debug("TLV array length %d\n", tlv_array_len);
@@ -251,13 +263,21 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_connection_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock,
return -ENOTCONN;
while (offset < tlv_array_len) {
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
type = tlv[0];
length = tlv[1];
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset - 2 < length)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (length < 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
pr_debug("type 0x%x length %d\n", type, length);
switch (type) {
case LLCP_TLV_MIUX:
+ if (length < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
sock->remote_miu = llcp_tlv_miux(tlv) + 128;
break;
case LLCP_TLV_RW:
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-14 23:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-14 23:35 Lekë Hapçiu [this message]
2026-04-17 16:04 ` [PATCH net v3 2/4] nfc: llcp: fix TLV parsing in parse_gb_tlv and parse_connection_tlv Simon Horman
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