[PATCH] wifi: nxpwifi: bound uAP association event IEs to the event buffer
From: Linmao Li
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 04:30:38 EST
nxpwifi_uap_event_sta_assoc() exposes the association request IEs that
the firmware reports in the uAP association event, which the driver
copies into the fixed-size event_body[] buffer.
event->len is supplied by firmware and is not validated. A value smaller
than the header underflows the subtraction used for assoc_req_ies_len,
while a larger value can make the IE range extend beyond event_body[].
Subsequent IE parsing can then read past the adapter object.
Validate both bounds before using the firmware-reported length.
nxpwifi was derived from mwifiex before commit f0858bfc7d3c ("wifi:
mwifiex: bound uAP association event IEs to the event buffer") and
retains the same unchecked length. Apply the equivalent bounds check
here.
Fixes: 73b01e57ed3e ("wifi: nxp: add nxpwifi driver for IW61x")
Signed-off-by: Linmao Li <lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/nxp/nxpwifi/uap_event.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/nxp/nxpwifi/uap_event.c b/drivers/net/wireless/nxp/nxpwifi/uap_event.c
index ed8e24ae9c0a7..9f717a3d7ec5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/nxp/nxpwifi/uap_event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/nxp/nxpwifi/uap_event.c
@@ -107,11 +107,29 @@ nxpwifi_uap_event_sta_assoc(struct nxpwifi_private *priv)
len = ETH_ALEN;
if (len != -1) {
+ u16 evt_len = le16_to_cpu(event->len);
+
sinfo->assoc_req_ies = &event->data[len];
len = (u8 *)sinfo->assoc_req_ies -
(u8 *)&event->frame_control;
- sinfo->assoc_req_ies_len =
- le16_to_cpu(event->len) - (u16)len;
+
+ /*
+ * event->len is reported by the device firmware
+ * and is not otherwise validated. Reject a length
+ * that underflows the header or that would place
+ * the association request IEs outside the fixed
+ * event_body[] buffer.
+ */
+ if (evt_len < len ||
+ (u8 *)&event->frame_control + evt_len >
+ adapter->event_body + MAX_EVENT_SIZE) {
+ nxpwifi_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
+ "invalid STA assoc event length\n");
+ kfree(sinfo);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ sinfo->assoc_req_ies_len = evt_len - (u16)len;
}
}
cfg80211_new_sta(priv->netdev->ieee80211_ptr, event->sta_addr, sinfo,
base-commit: 3652b49adac266a3d27cb41cdfdb7d8790fc3633
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2.25.1