[PATCH 02/10] wifi: mt76: mt7615: validate MCU response lengths

From: Jiale Yao

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 06:19:33 EST


The MCU response parser reads descriptor and command payload fields
without checking whether they are present. Truncated firmware responses
can therefore cause out-of-bounds reads.

Validate the descriptor and the command-specific payload before reading
or removing them from the skb.

Fixes: 0e6a29e477f3 ("mt76: mt7615: add support to read temperature from mcu")
Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c
index ff57ede87f71..4e33c6a618f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mcu.c
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ int mt7615_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,
cmd, seq);
return -ETIMEDOUT;
}
+ if (cmd == MCU_CMD(PATCH_SEM_CONTROL) &&
+ skb->len < sizeof(*rxd) - 4 + sizeof(u8))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (cmd != MCU_CMD(PATCH_SEM_CONTROL) && skb->len < sizeof(*rxd))
+ return -EINVAL;

rxd = (struct mt7615_mcu_rxd *)skb->data;
if (seq != rxd->seq)
@@ -152,9 +157,15 @@ int mt7615_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*rxd) - 4);
ret = *skb->data;
} else if (cmd == MCU_EXT_CMD(THERMAL_CTRL)) {
+ if (skb->len < sizeof(*rxd) + sizeof(__le32))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*rxd));
ret = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)skb->data);
} else if (cmd == MCU_EXT_QUERY(RF_REG_ACCESS)) {
+ if (skb->len < sizeof(*rxd) + 8 + sizeof(__le32))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*rxd));
ret = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)&skb->data[8]);
} else if (cmd == MCU_UNI_CMD(DEV_INFO_UPDATE) ||
@@ -165,12 +176,18 @@ int mt7615_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,
cmd == MCU_UNI_CMD(SUSPEND)) {
struct mt76_connac_mcu_uni_event *event;

+ if (skb->len < sizeof(*rxd) + sizeof(*event))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*rxd));
event = (struct mt76_connac_mcu_uni_event *)skb->data;
ret = le32_to_cpu(event->status);
} else if (cmd == MCU_CE_QUERY(REG_READ)) {
struct mt76_connac_mcu_reg_event *event;

+ if (skb->len < sizeof(*rxd) + sizeof(*event))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*rxd));
event = (struct mt76_connac_mcu_reg_event *)skb->data;
ret = (int)le32_to_cpu(event->val);
--
2.34.1