[PATCH net v3] nfc: nci: fix use of uninitialized memory in NFC-DEP general bytes

From: Muhammad Bilal

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 09:35:11 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 when the ATR is shorter than the
general-bytes offset. remote_gb_len is already zeroed unconditionally
at the top of the function by commit 9c328f54741b ("net: nfc: nci: Add
parameter validation for packet data"), so the short-ATR case needs no
separate zeroing here anymore, unlike in the v2 posted upstream.

Fixes: a99903ec4566 ("NFC: NCI: Handle Target mode activation")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Rebased onto current net.git for-next, requested by David
Heidelberg. The function moved and gained an unconditional
"remote_gb_len = 0" at entry (from commit 9c328f54741b, landed
after v2 was posted), which made v2's explicit zeroing inside the
short-ATR branch redundant, so this version drops it and only adds
the missing length checks.
v2: Also zero remote_gb_len explicitly in the short-ATR branch so a
stale value from a previous activation doesn't survive into the
new session.

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 c96512bb8653..e0555c90d657 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/ntf.c
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ 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),
@@ -643,6 +646,9 @@ 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),
--
2.55.0