[PATCH v4 3/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_wps_ie() and rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie()

From: Alexandru Hossu

Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 13:38:48 EST


Three out-of-bounds read or write paths:

1. rtw_get_wps_ie() reads the IE length byte without a header bounds
check.

The loop only guards on cnt < in_len, so when the buffer ends with
a single element_id byte and no length byte, in_ie[cnt + 1] is read
one byte past the end of the buffer. Add a check that at least
two header bytes remain (cnt + 2 <= in_len) before reading
in_ie[cnt + 1].

2. rtw_get_wps_ie() does not verify the declared IE payload fits within
in_len.

After reading the length byte, the loop does not verify that
in_ie[cnt + 1] + 2 bytes are available starting at cnt. A crafted
length value can cause the subsequent memcmp and memcpy to read past
the end of the buffer. Add a check that the full IE (header plus
payload) fits within in_len.

3. rtw_get_wps_ie() reads 4 bytes from the IE payload via memcmp
without checking that pIE->length >= 4.

For WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC, the code calls
memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], wps_oui, 4) without first verifying that
the IE payload is at least 4 bytes long. Add an in_ie[cnt + 1] >= 4
guard before the comparison.

4. rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie() can overflow the 256-byte supplicant_ie
buffer.

supplicant_ie is a 256-byte array in struct security_priv. The WPA
and WPA2 IE copy paths use memcpy(..., wpa_ielen + 2) where
wpa_ielen is the raw IE length field (u8, 0-255). When a local
user supplies a connect request via nl80211 with a crafted WPA IE
of length 255, wpa_ielen + 2 equals 257, overflowing the 256-byte
buffer. Add explicit bounds checks for both paths before memcpy.

Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v4:
- Add two IE bounds checks in rtw_get_wps_ie(): break if fewer than two
header bytes remain, and break if the declared payload extends past
in_len; add in_ie[cnt + 1] >= 4 guard before the 4-byte WPS OUI memcmp
(sashiko review of v3).

Changes in v3:
- No code changes from v2.

Changes in v2:
- Add explicit size checks in rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie() before memcpy
to prevent the 256-byte supplicant_ie buffer overflow.

drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 9 ++++++++-
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index 72b7f731dd47..d6d5f3a8db4c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -661,7 +661,14 @@ u8 *rtw_get_wps_ie(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 *wps_ie, uint *wps_ielen)
while (cnt < in_len) {
eid = in_ie[cnt];

- if ((eid == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) && (!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], wps_oui, 4))) {
+ if (cnt + 2 > in_len)
+ break;
+
+ if (in_ie[cnt + 1] + 2 > in_len - cnt)
+ break;
+
+ if ((eid == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) && (in_ie[cnt + 1] >= 4) &&
+ (!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], wps_oui, 4))) {
wpsie_ptr = &in_ie[cnt];

if (wps_ie)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
index fd3bae31b0ed..e7ba5ccfa03c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
@@ -1445,6 +1445,10 @@ static int rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pie, size_t iel

pwpa = rtw_get_wpa_ie(buf, &wpa_ielen, ielen);
if (pwpa && wpa_ielen > 0) {
+ if (wpa_ielen + 2 > sizeof(padapter->securitypriv.supplicant_ie)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto exit;
+ }
if (rtw_parse_wpa_ie(pwpa, wpa_ielen + 2, &group_cipher, &pairwise_cipher, NULL) == _SUCCESS) {
padapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm = dot11AuthAlgrthm_8021X;
padapter->securitypriv.ndisauthtype = Ndis802_11AuthModeWPAPSK;
@@ -1454,6 +1458,10 @@ static int rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pie, size_t iel

pwpa2 = rtw_get_wpa2_ie(buf, &wpa2_ielen, ielen);
if (pwpa2 && wpa2_ielen > 0) {
+ if (wpa2_ielen + 2 > sizeof(padapter->securitypriv.supplicant_ie)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto exit;
+ }
if (rtw_parse_wpa2_ie(pwpa2, wpa2_ielen + 2, &group_cipher, &pairwise_cipher, NULL) == _SUCCESS) {
padapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm = dot11AuthAlgrthm_8021X;
padapter->securitypriv.ndisauthtype = Ndis802_11AuthModeWPA2PSK;
--
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