[PATCH 6.6 078/166] usb: gadget: f_ncm: validate minimum block_len in ncm_unwrap_ntb()

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-24T13:36:53Z

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

commit 8f993d30b95dc9557a8a96ceca11abed674c8acb upstream.

The block_len read from the host-supplied NTB header is checked against
ntb_max but has no lower bound. When block_len is smaller than
opts->ndp_size, the bounds check of:
ndp_index > (block_len - opts->ndp_size)
will underflow producing a huge unsigned value that ndp_index can never
exceed, defeating the check entirely.

The same underflow occurs in the datagram index checks against block_len
- opts->dpe_size. With those checks neutered, a malicious USB host can
choose ndp_index and datagram offsets that point past the actual
transfer, and the skb_put_data() copies adjacent kernel memory into the
network skb.

Fix this by rejecting block lengths that cannot hold at least the NTB
header plus one NDP. This will make block_len - opts->ndp_size and
block_len - opts->dpe_size both well-defined.

Commit 8d2b1a1ec9f5 ("CDC-NCM: avoid overflow in sanity checking") fixed
a related class of issues on the host side of NCM.

Fixes: 2b74b0a04d3e ("USB: gadget: f_ncm: add bounds checks to ncm_unwrap_ntb()")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: gregkh_clanker_t1000
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2026040753-baffle-handheld-624d@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
@@ -1196,8 +1196,8 @@ parse_ntb:

block_len = get_ncm(&tmp, opts->block_length);
/* (d)wBlockLength */
- if (block_len > ntb_max) {
- INFO(port->func.config->cdev, "OUT size exceeded\n");
+ if ((block_len < opts->nth_size + opts->ndp_size) || (block_len > ntb_max)) {
+ INFO(port->func.config->cdev, "Bad block length: %#X\n", block_len);
goto err;
}