[PATCH v3 1/5] wifi: rsi: fix integer underflow from firmware extended_desc in rsi_prepare_skb()
From: Tristan Madani
Date: Tue Apr 21 2026 - 09:55:20 EST
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The firmware-controlled extended_desc value is subtracted from pkt_len
without bounds checking. When extended_desc exceeds pkt_len, the u32
subtraction wraps, causing either a failed allocation (DoS) or an
out-of-bounds heap read via the subsequent memcpy from buffer +
payload_offset. Both SDIO and USB paths are affected.
Add a bounds check to reject packets where extended_desc exceeds
pkt_len.
Fixes: dad0d04fa7ba ("rsi: data and management rx path")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Regenerated from wireless-next with proper git format-patch to
produce valid index hashes (v2 had post-processed index lines).
Changes in v2:
- No code changes from v1.
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 662e42d1e5e8d..2ff7068bad7a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *rsi_prepare_skb(struct rsi_common *common,
pkt_len = RSI_RCV_BUFFER_LEN * 4;
}
+ if (extended_desc > pkt_len) {
+ rsi_dbg(ERR_ZONE, "%s: extended_desc %u > pkt_len %u\n",
+ __func__, extended_desc, pkt_len);
+ return NULL;
+ }
pkt_len -= extended_desc;
skb = dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len + FRAME_DESC_SZ);
if (skb == NULL)
--
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