[PATCH net] nfc: nci: fix use of uninitialized memory in NFC-DEP general bytes
From: Muhammad Bilal
Date: Sun Jun 28 2026 - 17:16:47 EST
nci_store_general_bytes_nfc_dep() derives the length of the NFC-DEP
general bytes by subtracting the fixed general-bytes offset from the ATR
length:
atr_res_len - NFC_ATR_RES_GT_OFFSET (poll, offset 15)
atr_req_len - NFC_ATR_REQ_GT_OFFSET (listen, offset 14)
It never checks that the ATR is at least that long. When a
RF_INTF_ACTIVATED_NTF reports an ATR shorter than the offset the
subtraction is negative; because min_t() casts its arguments to __u8 the
negative value becomes large and is then capped at
NFC_ATR_RES_GB_MAXSIZE / NFC_ATR_REQ_GB_MAXSIZE. remote_gb_len is thus
set to up to 47/48 even though only atr_res_len/atr_req_len bytes of the
on-stack atr_res/atr_req buffer were copied from the packet, and the
following memcpy() reads the uninitialized remainder into
ndev->remote_gb.
Skip storing the general bytes (leaving remote_gb_len at 0) when the ATR
is shorter than the general-bytes offset.
Fixes: a99903ec4566 ("NFC: NCI: Handle Target mode activation")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/nfc/nci/ntf.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c b/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c
index 63aa0a78472b1..802928ca4d51e 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c
@@ -653,6 +653,9 @@ static int nci_store_general_bytes_nfc_dep(struct nci_dev *ndev,
switch (ntf->activation_rf_tech_and_mode) {
case NCI_NFC_A_PASSIVE_POLL_MODE:
case NCI_NFC_F_PASSIVE_POLL_MODE:
+ if (ntf->activation_params.poll_nfc_dep.atr_res_len <
+ NFC_ATR_RES_GT_OFFSET)
+ break;
ndev->remote_gb_len = min_t(__u8,
(ntf->activation_params.poll_nfc_dep.atr_res_len
- NFC_ATR_RES_GT_OFFSET),
@@ -665,6 +668,9 @@ static int nci_store_general_bytes_nfc_dep(struct nci_dev *ndev,
case NCI_NFC_A_PASSIVE_LISTEN_MODE:
case NCI_NFC_F_PASSIVE_LISTEN_MODE:
+ if (ntf->activation_params.listen_nfc_dep.atr_req_len <
+ NFC_ATR_REQ_GT_OFFSET)
+ break;
ndev->remote_gb_len = min_t(__u8,
(ntf->activation_params.listen_nfc_dep.atr_req_len
- NFC_ATR_REQ_GT_OFFSET),
--
2.54.0