[PATCH 3/8] usb: typec: tcpm/tcpci_maxim: validate header NDO against RX_BYTE_CNT
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 12:14:03 EST
A broken/malicious port can transmit a CRC-valid frame whose header
advertises up to seven data objects but whose body carries fewer than
that. Check for this, and rightfully reject the message, instead of
reading from uninitialized stack memory.
Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_t1000
Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "André Draszik" <andre.draszik@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Badhri Jagan Sridharan <badhri@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amit Sunil Dhamne <amitsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci_maxim_core.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci_maxim_core.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci_maxim_core.c
index c0ee7e6959ed..7324139d51c8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci_maxim_core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpci_maxim_core.c
@@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ static void process_rx(struct max_tcpci_chip *chip, u16 status)
rx_buf_ptr = rx_buf + TCPC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_RX_BYTE_BUF_OFFSET;
msg.header = cpu_to_le16(*(u16 *)rx_buf_ptr);
rx_buf_ptr = rx_buf_ptr + sizeof(msg.header);
+
+ if (count < TCPC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_RX_BYTE_BUF_OFFSET + sizeof(msg.header) +
+ pd_header_cnt_le(msg.header) * sizeof(msg.payload[0])) {
+ max_tcpci_write16(chip, TCPC_ALERT, TCPC_ALERT_RX_STATUS);
+ dev_err(chip->dev, "Invalid TCPC_RX_BYTE_CNT %d for header cnt %d\n",
+ count, pd_header_cnt_le(msg.header));
+ return;
+ }
+
for (payload_index = 0; payload_index < pd_header_cnt_le(msg.header); payload_index++,
rx_buf_ptr += sizeof(msg.payload[0]))
msg.payload[payload_index] = cpu_to_le32(*(u32 *)rx_buf_ptr);
--
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