[PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: bound element ID read when checking non-inheritance
From: HE WEI (ギカク)
Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 10:50:03 EST
cfg80211_is_element_inherited() reads the first data octet of the
candidate element (id = elem->data[0]) to look it up in an extension
non-inheritance list. It does so after testing elem->id, but without
verifying that the element actually has a data octet. A zero-length
extension element (WLAN_EID_EXTENSION with length 0) therefore makes it
read one octet past the end of the element.
_ieee802_11_parse_elems_full() runs this check for every element of a
frame once a non-inheritance context exists -- e.g. while parsing a
per-STA profile of a Multi-Link element in a (re)association response,
or a non-transmitted BSS profile -- so a crafted frame from an AP can
trigger a one-octet slab-out-of-bounds read during element parsing:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in cfg80211_is_element_inherited
Read of size 1 ... in net/wireless/scan.c
Return early (treat the element as inherited) when an extension element
carries no data, mirroring the existing handling of empty ID lists.
The bug was found by fuzzing ieee802_11_parse_elems_full() under KASAN.
Fixes: dfd9aa3e7a45 ("wifi: cfg80211: rewrite merging of inherited elements")
Signed-off-by: HE WEI (ギカク) <skyexpoc@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/scan.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 05b7dc6b7..0a44856b1 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ bool cfg80211_is_element_inherited(const struct element *elem,
return true;
if (elem->id == WLAN_EID_EXTENSION) {
- if (!ext_id_len)
+ if (!ext_id_len || !elem->datalen)
return true;
loop_len = ext_id_len;
list = &non_inherit_elem->data[3 + id_len];
--
2.43.0