[PATCH v3 5/5] wifi: rsi: fix OOB read from firmware offset field in SDIO RX path

From: Tristan Madani

Date: Tue Apr 21 2026 - 09:51:57 EST


From: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The firmware-controlled offset field in rsi_read_pkt() is validated only
when rcv_pkt_len is zero (USB path). For the SDIO path, rcv_pkt_len is
always positive, so the check is skipped entirely. A crafted offset can
cause out-of-bounds reads past the 8192-byte pktbuffer when computing
queue number, length, extended descriptor, and data pointers.

Add a transport-independent bounds check to reject offset values that
exceed the frame's actual_length.

Fixes: dad0d04fa7ba ("rsi: data and management rx path")
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Regenerated from wireless-next with proper git format-patch.

Changes in v2:
- New patch in v2, not present in v1.

drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c
index eb950e862ecf1..bc03066a240c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_main.c
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ int rsi_read_pkt(struct rsi_common *common, u8 *rx_pkt, s32 rcv_pkt_len)
if (!rcv_pkt_len && offset >
RSI_MAX_RX_USB_PKT_SIZE - FRAME_DESC_SZ)
goto fail;
+ if (offset > actual_length) {
+ rsi_dbg(ERR_ZONE,
+ "%s: offset %u exceeds length %u\n",
+ __func__, offset, actual_length);
+ goto fail;
+ }

queueno = rsi_get_queueno(frame_desc, offset);
length = rsi_get_length(frame_desc, offset);
--
2.47.3