[PATCH net v3 3/4] nfc: llcp: fix TLV parsing OOB in nfc_llcp_recv_snl
From: Lekë Hapçiu
Date: Tue Apr 14 2026 - 19:37:50 EST
From: Lekë Hapçiu <framemain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
nfc_llcp_recv_snl() has four problems when handling a hostile peer:
1. nfc_llcp_dsap()/nfc_llcp_ssap() dereference skb->data[0..1] without
verifying skb->len; a 0- or 1-byte frame leads to an OOB read.
Additionally tlv_len = skb->len - LLCP_HEADER_SIZE wraps when
skb->len < 2, causing the following loop to run far past the
buffer.
2. The per-iteration loop guard `offset < tlv_len` only proves one
byte is available, but the body reads tlv[0] and tlv[1].
3. The peer-supplied `length` field is used to advance `tlv` without
being checked against the remaining array space.
4. The SDREQ handler previously only required length >= 1 but reads
both tid (tlv[2]) and the first byte of service_name (tlv[3], via
the pr_debug("%.16s") print and the service_name_len = length - 1
string usage), so length >= 2 is required.
Fix: reject frames smaller than LLCP_HEADER_SIZE up front; add TLV
header and TLV value guards at the top of each iteration; bump the
SDREQ minimum length to 2.
Reachable from any NFC peer within ~4 cm once an LLCP link is up.
Fixes: 7a06f0ee2823 ("NFC: llcp: Service Name Lookup implementation")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lekë Hapçiu <framemain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/nfc/llcp_core.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
index 366d75663..efe228f96 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
@@ -1282,6 +1282,11 @@ static void nfc_llcp_recv_snl(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
size_t sdres_tlvs_len;
HLIST_HEAD(nl_sdres_list);
+ if (skb->len < LLCP_HEADER_SIZE) {
+ pr_err("Malformed SNL PDU\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
dsap = nfc_llcp_dsap(skb);
ssap = nfc_llcp_ssap(skb);
@@ -1298,11 +1303,17 @@ static void nfc_llcp_recv_snl(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
sdres_tlvs_len = 0;
while (offset < tlv_len) {
+ if (tlv_len - offset < 2)
+ break;
type = tlv[0];
length = tlv[1];
+ if (tlv_len - offset - 2 < length)
+ break;
switch (type) {
case LLCP_TLV_SDREQ:
+ if (length < 2)
+ break;
tid = tlv[2];
service_name = (char *) &tlv[3];
service_name_len = length - 1;
--
2.51.0