[PATCH wireless 2/2] wifi: mac80211: add KUnit coverage for negotiated TTLM parser
From: Michael Bommarito
Date: Fri May 15 2026 - 11:20:00 EST
Add KUnit coverage for ieee80211_parse_neg_ttlm() to lock the sparse
link_map_presence layout against future regressions.
The sparse_presence_no_oob_read case crafts a negotiated TTLM element
with link_map_presence = BIT(0) | BIT(7) and bm_size = 2 in a buffer
sized exactly to the validated element length. Without the parser
fix this would read 14 bytes past the buffer when processing TID 7;
under KASAN that is a slab-out-of-bounds report.
The dense_presence_baseline case crafts a fully populated
link_map_presence = 0xff element to confirm that the cursor-advance
fix does not regress the path that was already correct.
Export ieee80211_parse_neg_ttlm via VISIBLE_IF_MAC80211_KUNIT so the
test can call it directly.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 4 +
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 3 +-
net/mac80211/tests/.kunitconfig | 4 +
net/mac80211/tests/Makefile | 2 +-
net/mac80211/tests/ttlm.c | 175 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 net/mac80211/tests/.kunitconfig
create mode 100644 net/mac80211/tests/ttlm.c
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 2a693406294bc..aa9c9781db92e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -2948,6 +2948,10 @@ ieee80211_determine_chan_mode(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_chan_req *chanreq,
struct cfg80211_chan_def *ap_chandef,
unsigned long *userspace_selectors);
+int ieee80211_parse_neg_ttlm(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+ const struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem *ttlm,
+ struct ieee80211_neg_ttlm *neg_ttlm,
+ u8 *direction);
#else
#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_MAC80211_KUNIT(sym)
#define VISIBLE_IF_MAC80211_KUNIT static
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index c3a2844740a14..9a51870a818da 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -8096,7 +8096,7 @@ ieee80211_send_neg_ttlm_res(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb);
}
-static int
+VISIBLE_IF_MAC80211_KUNIT int
ieee80211_parse_neg_ttlm(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
const struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem *ttlm,
struct ieee80211_neg_ttlm *neg_ttlm,
@@ -8177,6 +8177,7 @@ ieee80211_parse_neg_ttlm(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
}
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_MAC80211_KUNIT(ieee80211_parse_neg_ttlm);
void ieee80211_process_neg_ttlm_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt, size_t len)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tests/.kunitconfig b/net/mac80211/tests/.kunitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ab2cc5cfc1f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/mac80211/tests/.kunitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_KUNIT=y
+CONFIG_CFG80211=y
+CONFIG_MAC80211=y
+CONFIG_MAC80211_KUNIT_TEST=y
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tests/Makefile b/net/mac80211/tests/Makefile
index 3c7f874e5c412..2e9ade90f7b63 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tests/Makefile
+++ b/net/mac80211/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-mac80211-tests-y += module.o util.o elems.o mfp.o tpe.o chan-mode.o s1g_tim.o
+mac80211-tests-y += module.o util.o elems.o mfp.o tpe.o chan-mode.o s1g_tim.o ttlm.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_KUNIT_TEST) += mac80211-tests.o
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tests/ttlm.c b/net/mac80211/tests/ttlm.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..18d0592b13d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/mac80211/tests/ttlm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * KUnit tests for negotiated TTLM (TID-To-Link Mapping) parsing
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
+ */
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+#include <linux/ieee80211.h>
+#include "../ieee80211_i.h"
+
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("EXPORTED_FOR_KUNIT_TESTING");
+
+/*
+ * Build a negotiated TTLM element in caller-supplied buffer.
+ *
+ * @buf: destination buffer (must be at least elem_size bytes)
+ * @elem_size: sizeof(ttlm_elem) + 1 (presence byte) + npresent * bm_size
+ * @presence: link_map_presence bitmask; each set bit => one map follows
+ * @bm_size: bytes per map (1 or 2); 2 => LINK_MAP_SIZE bit clear
+ * @maps: array of npresent u16 maps, one per set bit in presence
+ *
+ * Control field encodes direction=BOTH; no switch-time, no expected-dur,
+ * no DEF_LINK_MAP. LINK_MAP_SIZE bit is set iff bm_size==1.
+ *
+ * Returns pointer to the ieee80211_ttlm_elem at buf.
+ */
+static const struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem *
+build_neg_ttlm_elem(u8 *buf, size_t elem_size,
+ u8 presence, u8 bm_size, const u16 *maps)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem *t = (void *)buf;
+ u8 control;
+ u8 *pos;
+ int i, tid;
+
+ memset(buf, 0, elem_size);
+
+ control = IEEE80211_TTLM_DIRECTION_BOTH; /* bits [1:0] = 2 */
+ if (bm_size == 1)
+ control |= IEEE80211_TTLM_CONTROL_LINK_MAP_SIZE;
+
+ t->control = control;
+
+ pos = (u8 *)t->optional;
+ *pos++ = presence;
+
+ i = 0;
+ for (tid = 0; tid < IEEE80211_TTLM_NUM_TIDS; tid++) {
+ if (!(presence & BIT(tid)))
+ continue;
+ if (bm_size == 1)
+ *pos = (u8)maps[i];
+ else
+ put_unaligned_le16(maps[i], pos);
+ pos += bm_size;
+ i++;
+ }
+
+ return t;
+}
+
+/*
+ * sparse_presence_no_oob_read - BIT(0)|BIT(7) presence, bm_size=2
+ *
+ * Only TID 0 and TID 7 have maps; TIDs 1-6 are absent. Element length
+ * is exactly 6 bytes (1 control + 1 presence + 2 * 2-byte maps).
+ *
+ * Pre-fix the parser advanced pos by bm_size AFTER the switch() block
+ * (i.e. unconditionally for every TID), so when processing TID 7 it
+ * had already advanced 6 * bm_size = 12 bytes past the presence byte
+ * for the absent TIDs before reading the TID-7 map - 14 bytes past the
+ * end of the 2-byte TID-7 map. Under KASAN that is a slab-out-of-bounds.
+ *
+ * After the fix pos is advanced only inside the presence-bit branch so
+ * the cursor lands exactly at end-of-element after processing TID 7.
+ */
+static void sparse_presence_no_oob_read(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ /*
+ * presence = BIT(0)|BIT(7): 2 maps present.
+ * elem_size = sizeof(ttlm_elem) + 1 (presence) + 2*2 (maps) = 6.
+ */
+ const u8 presence = BIT(0) | BIT(7);
+ const u8 bm_size = 2;
+ const int npresent = 2;
+ const size_t elem_size = sizeof(struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem)
+ + 1 + npresent * bm_size;
+ /*
+ * Allocate exact-size buffer so a pre-fix OOB read walks into the
+ * KASAN red zone immediately after the allocation.
+ */
+ u8 *buf = kunit_kzalloc(test, elem_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ const struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem *ttlm;
+ struct ieee80211_neg_ttlm neg_ttlm = {};
+ /* Non-zero maps so the parser does not reject with -EINVAL. */
+ const u16 maps[2] = { 0x0001, 0x0001 };
+ u8 direction = 0;
+ int ret;
+
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(test, buf);
+
+ ttlm = build_neg_ttlm_elem(buf, elem_size, presence, bm_size, maps);
+
+ /*
+ * Pass NULL for sdata: the only sdata dereference in this code path
+ * is inside mlme_dbg() on error returns, which are guarded by
+ * MAC80211_MLME_DEBUG == 0 in non-debug builds and by the dead-code
+ * eliminator in KUnit builds. The success path does not touch sdata.
+ */
+ ret = ieee80211_parse_neg_ttlm(NULL, ttlm, &neg_ttlm, &direction);
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)direction, IEEE80211_TTLM_DIRECTION_BOTH);
+ /* TID 0: map present */
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)neg_ttlm.downlink[0], 0x0001);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)neg_ttlm.uplink[0], 0x0001);
+ /* TID 3: absent => map should be 0 */
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)neg_ttlm.downlink[3], 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)neg_ttlm.uplink[3], 0);
+ /* TID 7: map present */
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)neg_ttlm.downlink[7], 0x0001);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)neg_ttlm.uplink[7], 0x0001);
+}
+
+/*
+ * dense_presence_baseline - presence=0xff (all 8 TIDs), bm_size=2
+ *
+ * Every TID has a map; this is the dense layout the parser handled
+ * correctly even before the fix. Confirms the cursor-advance fix
+ * does not regress the already-correct path.
+ */
+static void dense_presence_baseline(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ const u8 presence = 0xff;
+ const u8 bm_size = 2;
+ const int npresent = 8;
+ const size_t elem_size = sizeof(struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem)
+ + 1 + npresent * bm_size;
+ u8 *buf = kunit_kzalloc(test, elem_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ const struct ieee80211_ttlm_elem *ttlm;
+ struct ieee80211_neg_ttlm neg_ttlm = {};
+ const u16 maps[8] = {
+ 0x0003, 0x0003, 0x0003, 0x0003,
+ 0x0003, 0x0003, 0x0003, 0x0003,
+ };
+ u8 direction = 0;
+ int ret;
+
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(test, buf);
+
+ ttlm = build_neg_ttlm_elem(buf, elem_size, presence, bm_size, maps);
+
+ ret = ieee80211_parse_neg_ttlm(NULL, ttlm, &neg_ttlm, &direction);
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)direction, IEEE80211_TTLM_DIRECTION_BOTH);
+ /* All TIDs present: every downlink/uplink entry must be 0x0003. */
+ for (int tid = 0; tid < IEEE80211_TTLM_NUM_TIDS; tid++) {
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)neg_ttlm.downlink[tid], 0x0003);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (int)neg_ttlm.uplink[tid], 0x0003);
+ }
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case mac80211_ttlm_test_cases[] = {
+ KUNIT_CASE(sparse_presence_no_oob_read),
+ KUNIT_CASE(dense_presence_baseline),
+ {}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite mac80211_ttlm = {
+ .name = "mac80211-ttlm",
+ .test_cases = mac80211_ttlm_test_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suite(mac80211_ttlm);
--
2.53.0