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From: Samuel Page <sam@bynar.io>
To: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	oe-linux-nfc@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in nci_core_init_rsp_packet()
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:24:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623222402.175798-1-sam@bynar.io> (raw)

The CORE_INIT_RSP handlers walk the response using length fields taken
from the packet itself, without checking they stay within skb->len:

 - v1 computes
	rsp_2 = skb->data + 6 + rsp_1->num_supported_rf_interfaces;
   from the on-wire (unclamped) interface count and then dereferences
   rsp_2, and memcpy()s the advertised interfaces - both can run past the
   received data;
 - v2 walks supported_rf_interfaces[], advancing the cursor by an
   in-packet rf_extension_cnt with no bound.

A short CORE_INIT_RSP therefore makes the parser read past the packet
(into the uninitialised tail of the RX skb); the values are stored into
struct nci_dev and consumed while bringing the device up:

  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nci_dev_up+0x10f3/0x1720
   nci_dev_up+0x10f3/0x1720
   nfc_dev_up+0x187/0x380
   nfc_genl_dev_up+0xdc/0x1a0
   genl_rcv_msg+0x5d4/0x9e0
   netlink_rcv_skb+0x28f/0x530
  Uninit was stored to memory at:
   nci_rsp_packet+0x68f/0x2310
   nci_rx_work+0x25f/0x5d0
  Uninit was created at:
   __alloc_skb+0x540/0xd40
   virtual_ncidev_write+0x65/0x210

Bound both parsers to skb->len before dereferencing the variable-length
parts, rejecting truncated responses with NCI_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR.

Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation")
Fixes: bcd684aace34 ("net/nfc/nci: Support NCI 2.x initial sequence")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Bynario AI
Signed-off-by: Samuel Page <sam@bynar.io>
---
 net/nfc/nci/rsp.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/rsp.c b/net/nfc/nci/rsp.c
index 9eeb862825c5..cdcd23c8ca95 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/rsp.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/rsp.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ static u8 nci_core_init_rsp_packet_v1(struct nci_dev *ndev,
 	const struct nci_core_init_rsp_1 *rsp_1 = (void *)skb->data;
 	const struct nci_core_init_rsp_2 *rsp_2;
 
+	if (skb->len < sizeof(*rsp_1))
+		return NCI_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR;
+
 	pr_debug("status 0x%x\n", rsp_1->status);
 
 	if (rsp_1->status != NCI_STATUS_OK)
@@ -58,6 +61,15 @@ static u8 nci_core_init_rsp_packet_v1(struct nci_dev *ndev,
 	ndev->nfcc_features = __le32_to_cpu(rsp_1->nfcc_features);
 	ndev->num_supported_rf_interfaces = rsp_1->num_supported_rf_interfaces;
 
+	/*
+	 * supported_rf_interfaces[] and the trailing nci_core_init_rsp_2 are
+	 * addressed using the on-wire (unclamped) interface count, so the
+	 * response must be long enough for both before they are dereferenced.
+	 */
+	if (skb->len < sizeof(*rsp_1) +
+	    rsp_1->num_supported_rf_interfaces + sizeof(*rsp_2))
+		return NCI_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR;
+
 	ndev->num_supported_rf_interfaces =
 		min((int)ndev->num_supported_rf_interfaces,
 		    NCI_MAX_SUPPORTED_RF_INTERFACES);
@@ -88,9 +100,13 @@ static u8 nci_core_init_rsp_packet_v2(struct nci_dev *ndev,
 {
 	const struct nci_core_init_rsp_nci_ver2 *rsp = (void *)skb->data;
 	const u8 *supported_rf_interface = rsp->supported_rf_interfaces;
+	const u8 *end = skb->data + skb->len;
 	u8 rf_interface_idx = 0;
 	u8 rf_extension_cnt = 0;
 
+	if (skb->len < sizeof(*rsp))
+		return NCI_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR;
+
 	pr_debug("status %x\n", rsp->status);
 
 	if (rsp->status != NCI_STATUS_OK)
@@ -104,10 +120,16 @@ static u8 nci_core_init_rsp_packet_v2(struct nci_dev *ndev,
 		    NCI_MAX_SUPPORTED_RF_INTERFACES);
 
 	while (rf_interface_idx < ndev->num_supported_rf_interfaces) {
-		ndev->supported_rf_interfaces[rf_interface_idx++] = *supported_rf_interface++;
+		/* one interface byte + one extension-count byte must be present */
+		if (end - supported_rf_interface < 2)
+			return NCI_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR;
+		ndev->supported_rf_interfaces[rf_interface_idx++] =
+			*supported_rf_interface++;
 
-		/* skip rf extension parameters */
+		/* skip rf extension parameters, bounded by the packet */
 		rf_extension_cnt = *supported_rf_interface++;
+		if (rf_extension_cnt > end - supported_rf_interface)
+			return NCI_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR;
 		supported_rf_interface += rf_extension_cnt;
 	}
 

base-commit: a986fde914d88af47eb78fd29c5d1af7952c3500
-- 
2.54.0


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