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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


      reply	other threads:[~2026-07-15  0:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-13 13:33 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-15  0:17 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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