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Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:15:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from TDC4045031631.e0cglfehwr0e5gttmepj3hi3hf.ux.internal.cloudapp.net ([20.63.37.123]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id af79cd13be357-8e4f2926001sm278457985a.34.2026.04.15.22.15.41 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:15:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Ashutosh Desai To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: kuba@kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ashutosh Desai Subject: [PATCH v5 net] nfc: hci: fix out-of-bounds read in HCP header parsing Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:15:22 +0000 Message-Id: <20260416051522.4154698-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit nfc_hci_recv_from_llc() and nci_hci_data_received_cb() cast skb->data to struct hcp_packet and read the message header byte without checking that enough data is present in the linear sk_buff area. A malicious NFC peer can send a 1-byte HCP frame that passes through the SHDLC layer and reaches these functions, causing an out-of-bounds heap read. Fix this by adding pskb_may_pull() before each cast to ensure the full 2-byte HCP header is pulled into the linear area before it is accessed. Fixes: 8b8d2e08bf0d ("NFC: HCI support") Fixes: 11f54f228643 ("NFC: nci: Add HCI over NCI protocol support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai --- V4 -> V5: fix whitespace damage V3 -> V4: add Fixes tags V2 -> V3: drop redundant checks from nfc_hci_msg_rx_work/nci_hci_msg_rx_work; remove incorrect Suggested-by tag V1 -> V2: use pskb_may_pull() instead of skb->len check v4: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/177614425081.3600288.2536320552978506086@gmail.com/ v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260413024329.3293075-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com/ v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260409150825.2217133-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com/ v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260408223113.2009304-1-ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com/ net/nfc/hci/core.c | 5 +++++ net/nfc/nci/hci.c | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/core.c b/net/nfc/hci/core.c index 0d33c81a15fe..cd9cf6c94a50 100644 --- a/net/nfc/hci/core.c +++ b/net/nfc/hci/core.c @@ -904,6 +904,11 @@ static void nfc_hci_recv_from_llc(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb) * unblock waiting cmd context. Otherwise, enqueue to dispatch * in separate context where handler can also execute command. */ + if (!pskb_may_pull(hcp_skb, NFC_HCI_HCP_HEADER_LEN)) { + kfree_skb(hcp_skb); + return; + } + packet = (struct hcp_packet *)hcp_skb->data; type = HCP_MSG_GET_TYPE(packet->message.header); if (type == NFC_HCI_HCP_RESPONSE) { diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/hci.c b/net/nfc/nci/hci.c index 40ae8e5a7ec7..6e633da257d1 100644 --- a/net/nfc/nci/hci.c +++ b/net/nfc/nci/hci.c @@ -482,6 +482,11 @@ void nci_hci_data_received_cb(void *context, * unblock waiting cmd context. Otherwise, enqueue to dispatch * in separate context where handler can also execute command. */ + if (!pskb_may_pull(hcp_skb, NCI_HCI_HCP_HEADER_LEN)) { + kfree_skb(hcp_skb); + return; + } + packet = (struct nci_hcp_packet *)hcp_skb->data; type = NCI_HCP_MSG_GET_TYPE(packet->message.header); if (type == NCI_HCI_HCP_RESPONSE) { -- 2.34.1