[PATCH v3 0/2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB write in HT_caps_handler and OOB read in OnAssocRsp

From: Alexandru Hossu

Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 05:25:19 EST


v3, addressing Dan Carpenter's and Luka Gejak's feedback on v2.

Greg, please drop your patch and take this one instead.

Changes from v2:
- 1/2: switch from min_t() to umin() (Dan Carpenter)
- 1/2: keep truncation approach rather than reverting to early
return; early return bypasses HT_caps_enable = 1, silently
disabling HT mode for APs that append extra bytes to the HT
Capabilities IE (Luka Gejak, AI review)
- 1/2: expand commit message to document the early return tradeoff
- 1/2: add changelog with links to AI review and Greg's v1 reply

2/2 is unchanged from v2.

Alexandru Hossu (2):
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB write in HT_caps_handler()
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in OnAssocRsp() IE loop

drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 4 ++++
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_wlan_util.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--
2.53.0