[PATCH v2 1/5] wifi: rsi: fix OOB read from firmware offset field in SDIO RX path

From: Tristan Madani

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 18:23:27 EST


From: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The firmware-controlled offset field in rsi_read_pkt() is validated only
when rcv_pkt_len is zero (USB path). For the SDIO path, rcv_pkt_len is
always positive, so the check is skipped entirely. A crafted offset can
cause out-of-bounds reads past the 8192-byte pktbuffer when computing
queue number, length, extended descriptor, and data pointers.

Add a transport-independent bounds check to reject offset values that
exceed the frame's actual_length.

Fixes: dad0d04fa7ba ("rsi: data and management rx path")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c
index XXXXXXX..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ int rsi_read_pkt(struct rsi_common *common, u8 *rx_pkt, s32 rcv_pkt_len)
if (!rcv_pkt_len && offset >
RSI_MAX_RX_USB_PKT_SIZE - FRAME_DESC_SZ)
goto fail;
+ if (offset > actual_length) {
+ rsi_dbg(ERR_ZONE,
+ "%s: offset %u exceeds length %u\n",
+ __func__, offset, actual_length);
+ goto fail;
+ }

queueno = rsi_get_queueno(frame_desc, offset);
length = rsi_get_length(frame_desc, offset);