[PATCH 1/1] staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie

[PATCH 1/1] staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie

[luka.gejak]

From: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>

The current code checks 'i + 5 < in_len' at the end of the if statement.
However, it accesses 'in_ie[i + 5]' before that check, which can lead
to an out-of-bounds read. Move the length check to the beginning of the
conditional to ensure the index is within bounds before accessing the
array.

Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 22dc36e8e38a..2bd6f5367bdc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,10 @@ int rtw_restruct_wmm_ie(struct adapter *adapter, u8 *in_ie, u8 *out_ie, uint in_
 	while (i < in_len) {
 		ielength = initial_out_len;
 
-		if (in_ie[i] == 0xDD && in_ie[i + 2] == 0x00 && in_ie[i + 3] == 0x50  && in_ie[i + 4] == 0xF2 && in_ie[i + 5] == 0x02 && i + 5 < in_len) { /* WMM element ID and OUI */
+		if (i + 5 < in_len &&
+		    in_ie[i] == 0xDD && in_ie[i + 2] == 0x00 &&
+		    in_ie[i + 3] == 0x50 && in_ie[i + 4] == 0xF2 &&
+		    in_ie[i + 5] == 0x02) {
 			for (j = i; j < i + 9; j++) {
 				out_ie[ielength] = in_ie[j];
 				ielength++;
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie

[Dan Carpenter]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 02:26:47PM +0100, luka.gejak@linux.dev wrote:
> From: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
> 
> The current code checks 'i + 5 < in_len' at the end of the if statement.
> However, it accesses 'in_ie[i + 5]' before that check, which can lead
> to an out-of-bounds read. Move the length check to the beginning of the
> conditional to ensure the index is within bounds before accessing the
> array.
> 
> Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
> ---

This really should have a note here which says:

v4: Sent this patch previously as part of a patchset, but pulled it
    out by itself because it's a bugfix and the rest of the patchset
    was cleanups.

Otherwise, it's like I remember that I have seen something like this
before but I don't know why I'm seeing this now.  I thought maybe it
was the same bug in a different driver or something so I had to look
it up on lore.

Anyway, looks good otherwise.

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>


regards,
dan carpenter