staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie
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cover staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie
From: Luka Gejak <[email protected]>
Separated OOB bug fix and cleanups to 2 series per Greg's request. No logical changes.
Luka Gejak (1):
staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in
rtw_restruct_wmm_ie
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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PATCH 1/1 staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie
From: Luka Gejak <[email protected]>
The current code checks 'i + 5 < in_len' at the end of the if statement. However, it accesses 'in_ie[i + 5]' before that check, which can lead to an out-of-bounds read. Move the length check to the beginning of the conditional to ensure the index is within bounds before accessing the array.
--- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c +4 -1
@@ -1988,7 +1988,10 @@ int rtw_restruct_wmm_ie(struct adapter *adapter, u8 *in_ie, u8 *out_ie, uint in_while (i < in_len) { ielength = initial_out_len; -if (in_ie[i] ==0xDD && in_ie[i +2 ] ==0x00 && in_ie[i +3 ] ==0x50 && in_ie[i +4 ] ==0xF2 && in_ie[i +5 ] ==0x02 && i +5 < in_len) {/* WMM element ID and OUI */ +if (i +5 < in_len && + in_ie[i] ==0xDD && in_ie[i +2 ] ==0x00 && + in_ie[i +3 ] ==0x50 && in_ie[i +4 ] ==0xF2 && + in_ie[i +5 ] ==0x02 ) {for (j = i; j < i +9 ; j++) { out_ie[ielength] = in_ie[j]; ielength++;
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2.53.0
Quoted 8 lines · On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 02:26:47PM +0100, [email protected] wrote:
From: Luka Gejak <[email protected]>
The current code checks 'i + 5 <
in_len' at the end of the if statement. However, it accesses 'in_ie[i + 5]' before that check, which can lead to an out-of-bounds read. Move the length check to the beginning of the conditional to ensure the index is within bounds before accessing the array.
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Fixes 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")Signed-off-by Luka Gejak <[email protected]>---
This really should have a note here which says:
v4: Sent this patch previously as part of a patchset, but pulled it
out by itself because it's a bugfix and the rest of the patchset was cleanups.
Otherwise, it's like I remember that I have seen something like this before but I don't know why I'm seeing this now. I thought maybe it was the same bug in a different driver or something so I had to look it up on lore.
Anyway, looks good otherwise.
regards,
dan carpenter