Re: [PATCH v4] wifi: mwifiex: validate event lengths before copying bodies

[Jeff Chen]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 10:20:02 PM +0800, Pengpeng Hou wrote:
> mwifiex event packets contain a four-byte event cause followed by the
> event body. The USB and SDIO paths copy from data after that header using
> the full packet length, so the source range extends four bytes beyond the
> skb. The SDIO path also reads the event cause before validating the
> packet and publishes oversized events without a copied body.
> 
> Reject SDIO events that are shorter than the header or whose body exceeds
> the event buffer. Discard them through the same free-and-break contract
> used for unknown upload types. Retain USB's existing error path, apply the
> same body-length upper bound there, and copy only the bytes after the event
> header in both paths.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Jeff Chen <jeff.chen_1@xxxxxxx>