[PATCH] Bluetooth: btrtl: validate firmware patch bounds
From: Laxman Acharya Padhya
Date: Fri Jul 10 2026 - 13:26:12 EST
rtlbt_parse_firmware() copies patch_length - 4 bytes before appending the
firmware version. A malformed firmware patch shorter than the version field
can make this subtraction underflow and turn the copy into an oversized
read and write during Bluetooth setup.
The existing patch_offset + patch_length check can also wrap on 32-bit
architectures. Validate the patch length and range without arithmetic
overflow before allocating or copying the patch.
Fixes: db33c77dddc2 ("Bluetooth: btrtl: Create separate module for Realtek BT driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Laxman Acharya Padhya <acharyalaxman8848@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
index 49ecb18fea45..7f54d2d2d13a 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
@@ -797,8 +797,9 @@ static int rtlbt_parse_firmware(struct hci_dev *hdev,
}
BT_DBG("length=%x offset=%x index %d", patch_length, patch_offset, i);
- min_size = patch_offset + patch_length;
- if (btrtl_dev->fw_len < min_size)
+ if (patch_length < sizeof(epatch_info->fw_version) ||
+ patch_offset > btrtl_dev->fw_len ||
+ patch_length > btrtl_dev->fw_len - patch_offset)
return -EINVAL;
/* Copy the firmware into a new buffer and write the version at
--
2.51.2