[PATCH 01/11] wifi: mt76: mt7921: validate MCU response lengths

From: Jiale Yao

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 22:49:59 EST


The MCU parser reads receive 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 each command-specific payload before
accessing or removing it from the skb.

Fixes: 1c099ab44727 ("mt76: mt7921: add MCU support")
Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
---
.../net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
index 40546005c743..782c8baaf776 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ int mt7921_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,

return -ETIMEDOUT;
}
+ if ((cmd == MCU_CMD(PATCH_SEM_CONTROL) ||
+ cmd == MCU_CMD(PATCH_FINISH_REQ)) &&
+ skb->len < sizeof(*rxd) - 4 + sizeof(u8))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (cmd != MCU_CMD(PATCH_SEM_CONTROL) &&
+ cmd != MCU_CMD(PATCH_FINISH_REQ) && skb->len < sizeof(*rxd))
+ return -EINVAL;

rxd = (struct mt76_connac2_mcu_rxd *)skb->data;
if (seq != rxd->seq)
@@ -36,6 +43,9 @@ int mt7921_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) + 4 + sizeof(__le32))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*rxd) + 4);
ret = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)skb->data);
} else if (cmd == MCU_UNI_CMD(DEV_INFO_UPDATE) ||
@@ -46,6 +56,9 @@ int mt7921_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);
@@ -55,12 +68,18 @@ int mt7921_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,
} 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);
} else if (cmd == MCU_EXT_CMD(WF_RF_PIN_CTRL)) {
struct mt7921_wf_rf_pin_ctrl_event *event;

+ if (skb->len < sizeof(*rxd) + sizeof(*event))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*rxd));
event = (struct mt7921_wf_rf_pin_ctrl_event *)skb->data;
ret = (int)event->result;
--
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