[PATCH net] nfc: fdp: bound the device-supplied read size in fdp_nci_i2c_read()

From: Doruk Tan Ozturk

Date: Sat Jul 11 2026 - 08:36:57 EST


fdp_nci_i2c_read() reads a "length packet" from the FDP I2C controller and
computes the size of the next I2C transfer from two device-supplied bytes:

phy->next_read_size = (tmp[2] << 8) + tmp[3] + 3;

next_read_size is a u16 (up to 65535) and is never bounded. On the next
loop iteration it is used directly as the length passed to

i2c_master_recv(client, tmp, len);

which reads into the fixed 261-byte stack buffer
tmp[FDP_NCI_I2C_MAX_PAYLOAD]. A malicious or malfunctioning controller
that reports a large length thus overflows the stack buffer -- the
r != len check runs only after the read has already happened.

Reject a next-read size larger than the buffer and resynchronize.

Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis; the
missing bound is evident from source. Compile-tested.

Fixes: a06347c04c13 ("NFC: Add Intel Fields Peak NFC solution driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: 0sec:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c
index c1896a1d978c..581f85f0dfa8 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static const struct nfc_phy_ops i2c_phy_ops = {

static int fdp_nci_i2c_read(struct fdp_i2c_phy *phy, struct sk_buff **skb)
{
- int r, len;
+ int r = -EREMOTEIO, len;
u8 tmp[FDP_NCI_I2C_MAX_PAYLOAD], lrc, k;
u16 i;
struct i2c_client *client = phy->i2c_dev;
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ static int fdp_nci_i2c_read(struct fdp_i2c_phy *phy, struct sk_buff **skb)

len = phy->next_read_size;

+ if (len > FDP_NCI_I2C_MAX_PAYLOAD) {
+ dev_dbg(&client->dev, "%s: read size %d too large\n",
+ __func__, len);
+ phy->next_read_size = FDP_NCI_I2C_MIN_PAYLOAD;
+ goto flush;
+ }
+
r = i2c_master_recv(client, tmp, len);
if (r != len) {
dev_dbg(&client->dev, "%s: i2c recv err: %d\n",
--
2.43.0