[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: properly validate the data in rtw_get_ie_ex()
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 08:50:44 EST
Just like in commit 154828bf9559 ("staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds
read in rtw_get_ie() parser"), we don't trust the data in the frame so
we should check the length better before acting on it
Cc: Navaneeth K <knavaneeth786@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_2000
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Navaneeth, any chance you can test this or at least verify my logic is
correct here? I got a "hit" from a tool that the work you did in your
commit also needs to be done here, and I _think_ I got it right but do
not have the hardware to test this with at all. Thanks!
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index 6cf217e21593..3e2b5e6b07f9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -186,20 +186,25 @@ u8 *rtw_get_ie_ex(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 eid, u8 *oui, u8 oui_len, u8 *ie, u
cnt = 0;
- while (cnt < in_len) {
+ while (cnt + 2 <= in_len) {
+ u8 ie_len = in_ie[cnt + 1];
+
+ if (cnt + 2 + ie_len > in_len)
+ break;
+
if (eid == in_ie[cnt]
- && (!oui || !memcmp(&in_ie[cnt+2], oui, oui_len))) {
+ && (!oui || (ie_len >= oui_len && !memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], oui, oui_len)))) {
target_ie = &in_ie[cnt];
if (ie)
- memcpy(ie, &in_ie[cnt], in_ie[cnt+1]+2);
+ memcpy(ie, &in_ie[cnt], ie_len + 2);
if (ielen)
- *ielen = in_ie[cnt+1]+2;
+ *ielen = ie_len + 2;
break;
}
- cnt += in_ie[cnt+1]+2; /* goto next */
+ cnt += ie_len + 2; /* goto next */
}
return target_ie;
--
2.53.0