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* [PATCH v3 1/5] staging: rtl8723bs: fix buffer over-read in rtw_update_protection
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@ 2026-04-26 22:54 ` Salman Alghamdi
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From: Salman Alghamdi @ 2026-04-26 22:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gregkh; +Cc: luka.gejak, straube.linux, linux-staging, linux-kernel, stable

rtw_update_protection() is called with a pointer offset into the
ies buffer but the full ie_length is passed, causing a potential
buffer over-read.

Fixes: e945c43df60b ("Staging: rtl8723bs: Delete dead code from update_current_network()")
Fixes: d3fcee1b78a5 ("staging: rtl8723bs: fix camel case in struct wlan_bssid_ex")
Reported-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/DI2H39EAAFBZ.3KI5NWN02AQ2S@linux.dev
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Salman Alghamdi <me@cipherat.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
index ddfc56f0253d..268f294528e6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -464,8 +464,11 @@ static void update_current_network(struct adapter *adapter, struct wlan_bssid_ex
 
 	if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, _FW_LINKED) && (is_same_network(&pmlmepriv->cur_network.network, pnetwork, 0))) {
 		update_network(&pmlmepriv->cur_network.network, pnetwork, adapter, true);
+		if (pmlmepriv->cur_network.network.ie_length < sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie))
+			return;
+
 		rtw_update_protection(adapter, (pmlmepriv->cur_network.network.ies) + sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie),
-								pmlmepriv->cur_network.network.ie_length);
+								pmlmepriv->cur_network.network.ie_length - sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1072,8 +1075,11 @@ static void rtw_joinbss_update_network(struct adapter *padapter, struct wlan_net
 			break;
 	}
 
+	if (cur_network->network.ie_length < sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie))
+		return;
+
 	rtw_update_protection(padapter, (cur_network->network.ies) + sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie),
-									(cur_network->network.ie_length));
+									(cur_network->network.ie_length - sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie)));
 
 	rtw_update_ht_cap(padapter, cur_network->network.ies, cur_network->network.ie_length, (u8) cur_network->network.configuration.ds_config);
 }
-- 
2.54.0


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