Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix remote heap information disclosure in issue_assocreq

[Dan Carpenter]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 07:03:02AM +0200, luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When building an association request frame, the driver copies the
> ht capability ie using the attacker-controlled pIE->length from the
> ap's beacon. If the ap provides a length greater than the size of
> struct HT_caps_element (26 bytes), it causes an out-of-bounds read
> of the adjacent heap memory (HT_info and network structures).
> This uninitialized or sensitive memory is then transmitted over the air,
> resulting in a remote heap information disclosure.
> 
> Fix this by clamping the length passed to rtw_set_ie() to the actual
> size of struct HT_caps_element.
> 
> Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Refactored rtw_set_ie() alignment to follow "open parenthesis" style.
> - Allowed the line length to exceed 100 characters for better readability as requested by Greg KH.
> 
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> index 5f00fe282d1b..08e597bc0345 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> @@ -2954,7 +2954,9 @@ void issue_assocreq(struct adapter *padapter)
>  			if (padapter->mlmepriv.htpriv.ht_option) {
>  				if (!(is_ap_in_tkip(padapter))) {
>  					memcpy(&(pmlmeinfo->HT_caps), pIE->data, sizeof(struct HT_caps_element));
> -					pframe = rtw_set_ie(pframe, WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY, pIE->length, (u8 *)(&(pmlmeinfo->HT_caps)), &(pattrib->pktlen));
> +					pframe = rtw_set_ie(pframe, WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY,
> +							    min_t(uint, pIE->length, sizeof(struct HT_caps_element)),
> +							    (u8 *)&pmlmeinfo->HT_caps, &pattrib->pktlen);

You're being conservative and trying to work around the invalid
pIE->length, but in the case where the original code corrupts memory,
we're allow to just give up and return a failure.

There are two other cases where we trust pIE->length in this function
and those need to be fixed as well.

regards,
dan carpenter