[PATCH net v4 5/5] nfc: llcp: fix TLV parsing OOB in nfc_llcp_connect_sn

From: Lekë Hapçiu

Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 14:16:10 EST


nfc_llcp_connect_sn() walks the TLV array of an LLCP CONNECT PDU
looking for the Service Name TLV, but shares the same class of bugs
as nfc_llcp_recv_snl() / nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv():

1. tlv_array_len = skb->len - LLCP_HEADER_SIZE wraps when skb->len
is 0 or 1. The subsequent loop then runs far past the buffer.

2. The per-iteration guard `offset < tlv_array_len` only proves one
byte is available, but the body reads both tlv[0] (type) and
tlv[1] (length).

3. The peer-supplied `length` field is used to advance `tlv` without
being checked against the remaining array space, so a crafted
length walks `tlv` past the buffer. On the following iteration
tlv[0]/tlv[1] are read from adjacent memory.

4. When an LLCP_TLV_SN is found, the function returns &tlv[2] with
*sn_len = length but without verifying that `length` bytes at
tlv[2..] are still inside the TLV array. The caller in
nfc_llcp_recv_connect() then uses this (pointer, length) pair as
a service name, so it may read past the PDU.

Fix: reject frames smaller than LLCP_HEADER_SIZE up front; add TLV
header and TLV value guards at the top of each iteration. The value
guard also ensures that the (&tlv[2], length) pair returned on
LLCP_TLV_SN lies fully inside the TLV array.

Also use LLCP_HEADER_SIZE instead of the magic literal `2` to match
the style of neighbouring LLCP receive paths.

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_core.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
index ca0abfd329e5..df5567ca7fa8 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
@@ -849,12 +849,22 @@ static struct nfc_llcp_sock *nfc_llcp_sock_get_sn(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
static const u8 *nfc_llcp_connect_sn(const struct sk_buff *skb, size_t *sn_len)
{
u8 type, length;
- const u8 *tlv = &skb->data[2];
- size_t tlv_array_len = skb->len - LLCP_HEADER_SIZE, offset = 0;
+ const u8 *tlv;
+ size_t tlv_array_len, offset = 0;
+
+ if (skb->len < LLCP_HEADER_SIZE)
+ return NULL;
+
+ tlv = &skb->data[LLCP_HEADER_SIZE];
+ tlv_array_len = skb->len - LLCP_HEADER_SIZE;

while (offset < tlv_array_len) {
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset < 2)
+ break;
type = tlv[0];
length = tlv[1];
+ if (tlv_array_len - offset - 2 < length)
+ break;

pr_debug("type 0x%x length %d\n", type, length);

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2.51.0