[PATCH 1/7] wifi: mt76: mt7996: validate MCU response lengths
From: Jiale Yao
Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 22:50:52 EST
The MCU receive and response paths access descriptor fields without
checking that they are present. The response parser can also read a UNI
event payload beyond a truncated skb.
Require enough descriptor data at the receive entry point, account for
the shorter patch response, and validate UNI event payloads before
accessing them.
Fixes: 98686cd21624 ("wifi: mt76: mt7996: add driver for MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) devices")
Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
index cd7587ce5b8a..d661ff1e4a20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ mt7996_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,
return -ETIMEDOUT;
}
+ if (cmd == MCU_CMD(PATCH_SEM_CONTROL) &&
+ skb->len < offsetofend(struct mt7996_mcu_rxd, ext_eid))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (cmd != MCU_CMD(PATCH_SEM_CONTROL) && skb->len < sizeof(*rxd))
+ return -EINVAL;
rxd = (struct mt7996_mcu_rxd *)skb->data;
if (seq != rxd->seq)
@@ -248,6 +253,9 @@ mt7996_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,
ret = *skb->data;
} else if ((rxd->option & MCU_UNI_CMD_EVENT) &&
rxd->eid == MCU_UNI_EVENT_RESULT) {
+ if (skb->len < sizeof(*rxd) + sizeof(*event))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(*rxd));
event = (struct mt7996_mcu_uni_event *)skb->data;
ret = le32_to_cpu(event->status);
@@ -943,6 +951,11 @@ void mt7996_mcu_rx_event(struct mt7996_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct mt7996_mcu_rxd *rxd = (struct mt7996_mcu_rxd *)skb->data;
+ if (skb->len < offsetofend(struct mt7996_mcu_rxd, ext_eid)) {
+ dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+ return;
+ }
+
if (rxd->option & MCU_UNI_CMD_UNSOLICITED_EVENT) {
mt7996_mcu_uni_rx_unsolicited_event(dev, skb);
return;
--
2.34.1