[PATCH net v4 2/5] nfc: llcp: fix TLV parsing in parse_gb_tlv and parse_connection_tlv
From: Lekë Hapçiu
Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 14:04:24 EST
nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv() and nfc_llcp_parse_connection_tlv() walk TLV
arrays whose length and content come from a peer-supplied frame. The
parsing loop has three weaknesses:
1. `offset` is declared u8 while `tlv_array_len` is u16. In
parse_connection_tlv() the TLV array can reach ~2173 bytes (MIUX
up to 0x7FF), so 128 zero-length TLVs wrap `offset` back to 0 and
the loop never terminates while `tlv` advances past the buffer.
2. The guard `offset < tlv_array_len` only proves one byte is
available, but the body reads tlv[0] (type) and tlv[1] (length).
When one byte remains, tlv[1] is out of bounds.
3. `length` is read from peer data and used to advance `tlv` without
being checked against the remaining array space. A crafted length
walks `tlv` past the buffer; the next iteration reads tlv[0]/tlv[1]
from adjacent memory.
The llcp_tlv8() and llcp_tlv16() accessors additionally read tlv[2]
and tlv[2..3]; a zero-length TLV makes those reads out of bounds.
Fix: promote `offset` to u16; add two per-iteration guards, one for
the TLV header and one for the TLV value; require length >= 1 for all
TLVs before the type dispatch and length >= 2 for the llcp_tlv16()
accessors (MIUX, WKS). Return -EINVAL on malformed input.
Reported-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260417160438.GH31784@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: d646960f7986 ("NFC: Initial LLCP support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lekë Hapçiu <snowwlake@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/nfc/llcp_commands.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c b/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
index 291f26facbf3..b6dcfb2d175c 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
const u8 *tlv_array, u16 tlv_array_len)
{
const u8 *tlv = tlv_array;
- u8 type, length, offset = 0;
+ u8 type, length;
+ u16 offset = 0;
pr_debug("TLV array length %d\n", tlv_array_len);
@@ -201,8 +202,14 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
return -ENODEV;
while (offset < tlv_array_len) {
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
type = tlv[0];
length = tlv[1];
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset - 2 < length)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (length < 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
pr_debug("type 0x%x length %d\n", type, length);
@@ -211,9 +218,13 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
local->remote_version = llcp_tlv_version(tlv);
break;
case LLCP_TLV_MIUX:
+ if (length < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
local->remote_miu = llcp_tlv_miux(tlv) + 128;
break;
case LLCP_TLV_WKS:
+ if (length < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
local->remote_wks = llcp_tlv_wks(tlv);
break;
case LLCP_TLV_LTO:
@@ -243,7 +254,8 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_connection_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock,
const u8 *tlv_array, u16 tlv_array_len)
{
const u8 *tlv = tlv_array;
- u8 type, length, offset = 0;
+ u8 type, length;
+ u16 offset = 0;
pr_debug("TLV array length %d\n", tlv_array_len);
@@ -251,13 +263,21 @@ int nfc_llcp_parse_connection_tlv(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock,
return -ENOTCONN;
while (offset < tlv_array_len) {
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
type = tlv[0];
length = tlv[1];
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset - 2 < length)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (length < 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
pr_debug("type 0x%x length %d\n", type, length);
switch (type) {
case LLCP_TLV_MIUX:
+ if (length < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
sock->remote_miu = llcp_tlv_miux(tlv) + 128;
break;
case LLCP_TLV_RW:
--
2.51.0