[PATCH net v3] can: kvaser_usb: validate command format before parsing in hydra receive path

From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft)

Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 21:31:14 EST


The receive-path command parsers (kvaser_usb_hydra_wait_cmd and
kvaser_usb_hydra_read_bulk_callback) call kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size()
without verifying that enough buffer remains. For CMD_EXTENDED,
kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size() unconditionally reads a 2-byte len field
at offset 4 (kvaser_usb_hydra.c:532). A malicious USB device can place
a CMD_EXTENDED header at the end of a 3072-byte bulk transfer such that
only 4 bytes remain, causing a 2-byte slab-out-of-bounds read.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kvaser_usb_hydra_wait_cmd+0x3f1/0x480
[kvaser_usb_hydra.c:678]
Read of size 2 at addr ffff888013f7ec00 by task kworker/0:0/9
kvaser_usb_hydra_wait_cmd+0x3f1/0x480
kvaser_usb_hydra_get_software_details+0x1c7/0x5d0
kvaser_usb_probe+0x36a/0x1240

Additionally, if the device sends CMD_EXTENDED with len=0,
kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size() returns 0 and the parser loops forever
(pos += 0), permanently burning one CPU core.

Fix by adding kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size_rx(), which checks whether the
size field is complete before reading it and rejects zero command lengths.
The asynchronous receive path preserves incomplete headers in the leftover
buffer and completes them from the following transfer. Clear malformed
leftover state before returning so later transfers do not retry it.

Fixes: aec5fb2268b7 ("can: kvaser_usb: Add support for Kvaser USB hydra family")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260819145658.29872-1-blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Preserve fragmented command headers by distinguishing incomplete size
fields from invalid zero lengths.
- Complete a fragmented extended size field before reading it, using the
actual valid leftover length.
- Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260824214058.44948-1-blbllhy@xxxxxxxxx/

v2:
- Clear malformed leftover state before returning.
- Reject command lengths shorter than the buffered prefix.

v1:
- The zero-length command loop is also addressed by:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/20260815-can-esd-hydra-fixes-v1-2-de644cbeaec2@xxxxxxxxx/
- This patch additionally handles truncated command headers in the
synchronous wait and asynchronous receive paths, including the
leftover-buffer path.

.../net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_hydra.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_hydra.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_hydra.c
index efbb7bed34c9..eddd207ee8da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_hydra.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_hydra.c
@@ -536,6 +536,24 @@ static size_t kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size(struct kvaser_cmd *cmd)
return ret;
}

+/* -EAGAIN means incomplete; -EINVAL rejects zero to ensure progress. */
+static int kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size_rx(struct kvaser_cmd *cmd,
+ size_t remaining, size_t *cmd_len)
+{
+ if (remaining < sizeof(cmd->header.cmd_no))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
+ if (cmd->header.cmd_no == CMD_EXTENDED &&
+ remaining < offsetof(struct kvaser_cmd_ext, cmd_no_ext))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+
+ *cmd_len = kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size(cmd);
+ if (!*cmd_len)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static struct kvaser_usb_net_priv *
kvaser_usb_hydra_net_priv_from_cmd(const struct kvaser_usb *dev,
const struct kvaser_cmd *cmd)
@@ -675,8 +693,10 @@ static int kvaser_usb_hydra_wait_cmd(const struct kvaser_usb *dev, u8 cmd_no,
size_t cmd_len;

tmp_cmd = buf + pos;
- cmd_len = kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size(tmp_cmd);
- if (pos + cmd_len > actual_len) {
+ err = kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size_rx(tmp_cmd,
+ actual_len - pos,
+ &cmd_len);
+ if (err || pos + cmd_len > actual_len) {
dev_err_ratelimited(&dev->intf->dev,
"Format error\n");
break;
@@ -2110,6 +2130,7 @@ static void kvaser_usb_hydra_read_bulk_callback(struct kvaser_usb *dev,
{
unsigned long irq_flags;
struct kvaser_cmd *cmd;
+ int err;
int pos = 0;
size_t cmd_len;
struct kvaser_usb_dev_card_data_hydra *card_data =
@@ -2120,24 +2141,53 @@ static void kvaser_usb_hydra_read_bulk_callback(struct kvaser_usb *dev,
spin_lock_irqsave(usb_rx_leftover_lock, irq_flags);
usb_rx_leftover_len = card_data->usb_rx_leftover_len;
if (usb_rx_leftover_len) {
+ const size_t cmd_size_field_end =
+ offsetof(struct kvaser_cmd_ext, cmd_no_ext);
int remaining_bytes;

cmd = (struct kvaser_cmd *)card_data->usb_rx_leftover;

- cmd_len = kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size(cmd);
+ if (cmd->header.cmd_no == CMD_EXTENDED &&
+ usb_rx_leftover_len < cmd_size_field_end) {
+ remaining_bytes = min_t(int, len,
+ cmd_size_field_end -
+ usb_rx_leftover_len);

- remaining_bytes = min_t(unsigned int, len,
+ memcpy(card_data->usb_rx_leftover + usb_rx_leftover_len,
+ buf, remaining_bytes);
+ usb_rx_leftover_len += remaining_bytes;
+ card_data->usb_rx_leftover_len = usb_rx_leftover_len;
+ pos += remaining_bytes;
+
+ if (usb_rx_leftover_len < cmd_size_field_end) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(usb_rx_leftover_lock,
+ irq_flags);
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
+ err = kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size_rx(cmd, usb_rx_leftover_len,
+ &cmd_len);
+ if (err || cmd_len < usb_rx_leftover_len) {
+ dev_err(&dev->intf->dev, "Format error\n");
+ card_data->usb_rx_leftover_len = 0;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(usb_rx_leftover_lock, irq_flags);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ remaining_bytes = min_t(unsigned int, len - pos,
cmd_len - usb_rx_leftover_len);
/* Make sure we do not overflow usb_rx_leftover */
if (remaining_bytes + usb_rx_leftover_len >
KVASER_USB_HYDRA_MAX_CMD_LEN) {
dev_err(&dev->intf->dev, "Format error\n");
+ card_data->usb_rx_leftover_len = 0;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(usb_rx_leftover_lock, irq_flags);
return;
}

- memcpy(card_data->usb_rx_leftover + usb_rx_leftover_len, buf,
- remaining_bytes);
+ memcpy(card_data->usb_rx_leftover + usb_rx_leftover_len,
+ buf + pos, remaining_bytes);
pos += remaining_bytes;

if (remaining_bytes + usb_rx_leftover_len == cmd_len) {
@@ -2154,9 +2204,13 @@ static void kvaser_usb_hydra_read_bulk_callback(struct kvaser_usb *dev,
while (pos < len) {
cmd = buf + pos;

- cmd_len = kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size(cmd);
+ err = kvaser_usb_hydra_cmd_size_rx(cmd, len - pos, &cmd_len);
+ if (err && err != -EAGAIN) {
+ dev_err(&dev->intf->dev, "Format error\n");
+ return;
+ }

- if (pos + cmd_len > len) {
+ if (err == -EAGAIN || pos + cmd_len > len) {
/* We got first part of a command */
int leftover_bytes;

--
2.55.0