[PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in the RF discover/activated NTF handlers
From: Samuel Page
Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 05:08:27 EST
nci_rf_discover_ntf_packet() and nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf_packet() each
parse a notification into an on-stack struct (nci_rf_discover_ntf /
nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf) that is not initialised. The RF
technology-specific parameters are only extracted when
rf_tech_specific_params_len is non-zero, so a notification that reports a
zero length leaves the rf_tech_specific_params union uninitialised - and
both handlers then pass it to nci_add_new_protocol(), which reads it:
- discover: nci_add_new_target() -> nci_add_new_protocol();
- activated: nci_target_auto_activated() -> nci_add_new_protocol().
nci_add_new_protocol() uses nfca_poll->nfcid1_len as both a branch
condition and a memcpy() length and copies nfcid1/sens_res/sel_res into
ndev->targets, which is later exposed to user space via NFC_CMD_GET_TARGET.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nci_add_new_protocol+0x624/0x6c0
nci_add_new_protocol+0x624/0x6c0
nci_ntf_packet+0x25b2/0x3c30
nci_rx_work+0x318/0x5d0
process_scheduled_works+0x84b/0x17a0
worker_thread+0xc10/0x11b0
kthread+0x376/0x500
Local variable ntf.i created at:
nci_ntf_packet+0xbc2/0x3c30
Zero-initialise both on-stack notifications so the union reads back as
zero when no technology-specific parameters are present.
Fixes: 019c4fbaa790 ("NFC: Add NCI multiple targets support")
Fixes: e8c0dacd9836 ("NFC: Update names and structs to NCI spec 1.0 d18")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260623172109.1105965-2-horms@xxxxxxxxxx/
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Bynario AI
Signed-off-by: Samuel Page <sam@xxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Drop the inaccurate activation_params / NFC_ATTR_TARGET_ATS scenario
from the commit message. No code change; the ntf = {} fix is unchanged.
net/nfc/nci/ntf.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c b/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c
index c96512bb8653..274d9a4202c9 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ void nci_clear_target_list(struct nci_dev *ndev)
static int nci_rf_discover_ntf_packet(struct nci_dev *ndev,
const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct nci_rf_discover_ntf ntf;
+ struct nci_rf_discover_ntf ntf = {};
const __u8 *data;
bool add_target = true;
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static int nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf_packet(struct nci_dev *ndev,
const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct nci_conn_info *conn_info;
- struct nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf ntf;
+ struct nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf ntf = {};
const __u8 *data;
int err = NCI_STATUS_OK;
base-commit: 02f144fbb4c86c360495d33debe307cb46a57f95
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2.54.0