From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>,
stable <stable@kernel.org>, Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10.y] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl()
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:17:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260715001726.3782263-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026071333-pacify-morbidly-5ced@gregkh>
From: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit ef61d628dfad38fead1fd2e08979ae9126d011d5 ]
Two IE parsing loops are missing the header bounds checks before they
dereference pIE->length:
- issue_assocreq() walks pmlmeinfo->network.ies to build the
association request. If the stored IE data ends with only an
element_id byte and no length byte, pIE->length is read one byte
past the end of the buffer.
- join_cmd_hdl() walks pnetwork->ies during station join and has
the same problem under the same conditions.
Both buffers are filled from AP beacon and probe-response frames, so a
malicious AP that sends a truncated final IE can trigger the issue.
Apply the two-guard pattern established in update_beacon_info():
1. Break if fewer than sizeof(*pIE) bytes remain.
2. Break if the IE's declared data extends past the buffer end.
Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522004531.1038924-3-hossu.alexandru@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
[ replaced sizeof(*pIE) with literal 2 (5.10's ndis_80211_var_ie still has data[1]) and used pre-rename field names IELength/IEs/ElementID/Length ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index 1144749b4f585d..1fd47d6155e77a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -3352,7 +3352,11 @@ void issue_assocreq(struct adapter *padapter)
/* vendor specific IE, such as WPA, WMM, WPS */
for (i = sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie); i < pmlmeinfo->network.IELength;) {
+ if (i + 2 > pmlmeinfo->network.IELength)
+ break;
pIE = (struct ndis_80211_var_ie *)(pmlmeinfo->network.IEs + i);
+ if (i + 2 + pIE->Length > pmlmeinfo->network.IELength)
+ break;
switch (pIE->ElementID) {
case _VENDOR_SPECIFIC_IE_:
@@ -6175,7 +6179,11 @@ u8 join_cmd_hdl(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pbuf)
/* sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie) */
for (i = _FIXED_IE_LENGTH_; i < pnetwork->IELength;) {
+ if (i + 2 > pnetwork->IELength)
+ break;
pIE = (struct ndis_80211_var_ie *)(pnetwork->IEs + i);
+ if (i + 2 + pIE->Length > pnetwork->IELength)
+ break;
switch (pIE->ElementID) {
case _VENDOR_SPECIFIC_IE_:/* Get WMM IE. */
--
2.53.0
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