RE: [PATCH] wifi: rtw89: cap firmware section_num before parsing

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 23:54:37 EST


Laxman Acharya Padhya <acharyalaxman8848@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> rtw89_fw_bin_info.section_info has FWDL_SECTION_MAX_NUM (10) entries.
> The v0/v1 header parsers take section_num from an 8-bit firmware field
> (0..255) and write info->section_info[i] with no cap.
> rtw89_fw_download_suit() keeps that object on the stack, so a crafted
> firmware blob overflows the stack.
>
> Reject a truncated header and a section table that does not fit in the
> firmware image before reading fw_hdr->sections[i].
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Laxman Acharya Padhya <acharyalaxman8848@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Logic is good to me, but please add empty lines.

> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
> index 0099c5c03e7a6..57d4252ee78f0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
> @@ -156,8 +156,23 @@ static int rtw89_fw_hdr_parser_v0(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, const u8 *fw, u32 le
> if (!info)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + if (len < sizeof(*fw_hdr)) {
> + rtw89_err(rtwdev, "[ERR]fw header truncated\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> info->section_num = le32_get_bits(fw_hdr->w6, FW_HDR_W6_SEC_NUM);
> + if (!info->section_num || info->section_num > FWDL_SECTION_MAX_NUM) {
> + rtw89_err(rtwdev, "[ERR]invalid fw section num %u\n",
> + info->section_num);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> base_hdr_len = struct_size(fw_hdr, sections, info->section_num);
> + if (base_hdr_len > len) {
> + rtw89_err(rtwdev, "[ERR]fw header truncated\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }

an empty line

> info->dynamic_hdr_en = le32_get_bits(fw_hdr->w7, FW_HDR_W7_DYN_HDR);
> info->idmem_share_mode = le32_get_bits(fw_hdr->w7, FW_HDR_W7_IDMEM_SHARE_MODE);
>
> @@ -455,9 +470,24 @@ static int rtw89_fw_hdr_parser_v1(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, const u8 *fw, u32 le
> int ret;
> u32 i;
>
> + if (len < sizeof(*fw_hdr)) {
> + rtw89_err(rtwdev, "[ERR]fw header truncated\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> info->section_num = le32_get_bits(fw_hdr->w6, FW_HDR_V1_W6_SEC_NUM);
> + if (!info->section_num || info->section_num > FWDL_SECTION_MAX_NUM) {
> + rtw89_err(rtwdev, "[ERR]invalid fw section num %u\n",
> + info->section_num);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> info->dsp_checksum = le32_get_bits(fw_hdr->w6, FW_HDR_V1_W6_DSP_CHKSUM);
> base_hdr_len = struct_size(fw_hdr, sections, info->section_num);
> + if (base_hdr_len > len) {
> + rtw89_err(rtwdev, "[ERR]fw header truncated\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }

an empty line

> info->dynamic_hdr_en = le32_get_bits(fw_hdr->w7, FW_HDR_V1_W7_DYN_HDR);
> info->idmem_share_mode = le32_get_bits(fw_hdr->w7, FW_HDR_V1_W7_IDMEM_SHARE_MODE);
>
> --
> 2.51.2