[REGRESSION] Patch broke WPA auth: Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext

From: Hector Martin
Date: Sat Mar 11 2023 - 04:56:31 EST


Hi,

This broke WPA auth entirely on brcmfmac (in offload mode) and probably
others, including on stable 6.2.3 and 6.3-rc1 (tested with iwd). Please
revert or fix. Notes below.

Reported-by: Ilya <me@xxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Janne Grunau <j@xxxxxxxxxx>

#regzbot introduced: 015b8cc5e7c4d7
#regzbot monitor:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20230124141856.356646-1-alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

On 24/01/2023 23.18, Alexander Wetzel wrote:
> Key information in wext.connect is not reset on (re)connect and can hold
> data from a previous connection.
>
> Reset key data to avoid that drivers or mac80211 incorrectly detect a
> WEP connection request and access the freed or already reused memory.
>
> Additionally optimize cfg80211_sme_connect() and avoid an useless
> schedule of conn_work.
>
> Fixes: fffd0934b939 ("cfg80211: rework key operation")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c80f04d2-8159-a02a-9287-26e5ec838826@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Wetzel <alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> V2 changes:
> - updated comment
> - reset more key data
>
> ---
> net/wireless/sme.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
> index 123248b2c0be..0cc841c0c59b 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/sme.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
[snip]
> @@ -1464,6 +1476,15 @@ int cfg80211_connect(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,

This if branch only fires if the connection is WEP.

> } else {
> if (WARN_ON(connkeys))
> return -EINVAL;
> +
> + /* connect can point to wdev->wext.connect which
> + * can hold key data from a previous connection
> + */
> + connect->key = NULL;
> + connect->key_len = 0;
> + connect->key_idx = 0;

And these are indeed only used by WEP.

> + connect->crypto.cipher_group = 0;
> + connect->crypto.n_ciphers_pairwise = 0;

But here you're killing the info that is used for *other* auth modes too
if !WEP, breaking WPA and everything else.

> }
>
> wdev->connect_keys = connkeys;

- Hector