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* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie()," failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree
@ 2026-07-13 13:33 gregkh
  2026-07-15  0:07 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/3] staging: rtl8723bs: core: move constants to right side in comparison Sasha Levin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: gregkh @ 2026-07-13 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: hossu.alexandru, gregkh, stable; +Cc: stable


The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 1463ca3ec6601cbb097d8d87dbf5dcf1cb86a344
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026071358-dragging-ricotta-7451@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 1463ca3ec6601cbb097d8d87dbf5dcf1cb86a344 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 02:45:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(),
 rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr()

Three IE/attribute parsing functions have missing bounds checks.

rtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_wapi_ie() iterate over a raw IE buffer
without verifying that the header bytes (tag + length) are within the
remaining buffer before reading them.  Additionally, rtw_get_sec_ie()
compares the 4-byte WPA OUI at cnt+2 without checking that at least
6 bytes remain, and rtw_get_wapi_ie() compares a 4-byte WAPI OUI at
cnt+6 without checking that at least 10 bytes remain.

rtw_get_wps_attr() reads wps_ie[0] and wps_ie+2 unconditionally at
entry, before verifying that wps_ielen is large enough to contain
the 6-byte WPS IE header (element_id + length + 4-byte OUI).  Inside
the attribute loop, get_unaligned_be16() is called on attr_ptr and
attr_ptr+2 without checking that 4 bytes remain in the buffer.

Add a cnt+2 bounds check before each loop body in rtw_get_sec_ie()
and rtw_get_wapi_ie(), guard each multi-byte comparison with a minimum
IE length requirement, add a wps_ielen < 6 early return in
rtw_get_wps_attr(), and add a 4-byte bounds check in its inner loop.

Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522004531.1038924-8-hossu.alexandru@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index d0bbe1bb979c..54f805a6b5ce 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -583,9 +583,14 @@ int rtw_get_wapi_ie(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 *wapi_ie, u16 *wapi_len)
 	cnt = (_TIMESTAMP_ + _BEACON_ITERVAL_ + _CAPABILITY_);
 
 	while (cnt < in_len) {
+		if (cnt + 2 > in_len)
+			break;
+		if (cnt + 2 + in_ie[cnt + 1] > in_len)
+			break;
 		authmode = in_ie[cnt];
 
 		if (authmode == WLAN_EID_BSS_AC_ACCESS_DELAY &&
+		    in_ie[cnt + 1] >= 8 &&
 		    (!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 6], wapi_oui1, 4) ||
 		     !memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 6], wapi_oui2, 4))) {
 			if (wapi_ie)
@@ -615,9 +620,14 @@ void rtw_get_sec_ie(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 *rsn_ie, u16 *rsn_len, u8 *wpa_ie
 	cnt = (_TIMESTAMP_ + _BEACON_ITERVAL_ + _CAPABILITY_);
 
 	while (cnt < in_len) {
+		if (cnt + 2 > in_len)
+			break;
+		if (cnt + 2 + in_ie[cnt + 1] > in_len)
+			break;
 		authmode = in_ie[cnt];
 
 		if ((authmode == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) &&
+		    in_ie[cnt + 1] >= 4 &&
 		    (!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], &wpa_oui[0], 4))) {
 			if (wpa_ie)
 				memcpy(wpa_ie, &in_ie[cnt], in_ie[cnt + 1] + 2);
@@ -698,6 +708,9 @@ u8 *rtw_get_wps_attr(u8 *wps_ie, uint wps_ielen, u16 target_attr_id, u8 *buf_att
 	if (len_attr)
 		*len_attr = 0;
 
+	if (wps_ielen < 6)
+		return attr_ptr;
+
 	if ((wps_ie[0] != WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) ||
 		(memcmp(wps_ie + 2, wps_oui, 4))) {
 		return attr_ptr;
@@ -708,6 +721,8 @@ u8 *rtw_get_wps_attr(u8 *wps_ie, uint wps_ielen, u16 target_attr_id, u8 *buf_att
 
 	while (attr_ptr - wps_ie < wps_ielen) {
 		/*  4 = 2(Attribute ID) + 2(Length) */
+		if (attr_ptr + 4 > wps_ie + wps_ielen)
+			break;
 		u16 attr_id = get_unaligned_be16(attr_ptr);
 		u16 attr_data_len = get_unaligned_be16(attr_ptr + 2);
 		u16 attr_len = attr_data_len + 4;


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