From d5e4586546974179feca305a94e07fac3e9727fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zhao Li Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 10:53:34 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: validate rx/tx MLME callback frame lengths before access cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt() and cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt() call tracepoints before rejecting frames shorter than the frame-control field. After that, they only require len >= 2 before dispatching into subtype handlers that assume their fixed fields are present. The frames that trip this are not shorter than 2 bytes; they are short relative to their subtype. mwifiex is a concrete in-tree example on the length side: mwifiex_process_mgmt_packet() only requires a 4-address ieee80211_hdr plus the 2-byte firmware length prefix before handing the frame to cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt(). After stripping the length prefix and removing addr4, pkt_len can be exactly 24: a bare 3-address management header with no reason-code body. The existing WARN_ON(len < 2) does not fire on such a frame, and cfg80211_process_deauth() then reads u.deauth.reason_code as a two-byte access starting at offset 24, immediately past the 24-byte buffer. Add a frame-control length gate, then validate each subtype's minimum frame size in an if/else-if chain that mirrors the dispatch logic. Trace only after the frame is known to be well-formed. Side effects of this change: - The WARN_ON(len < 2) is dropped. It only guarded the frame_control read, never the subtype fixed fields, and it does not fire on the frames that actually trigger the out-of-bounds read (which are >= 2). The len >= 2 check is kept as the guard before dereferencing frame_control, but without the warning: these are exported callbacks and a malformed frame from a driver should be dropped silently rather than backtraced. - cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt() previously routed every non-deauth subtype through disassociation handling; it now silently ignores unrecognised subtypes. Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5 Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.8 Signed-off-by: Zhao Li Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707025336.22557-1-enderaoelyther@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/wireless/mlme.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/mlme.c b/net/wireless/mlme.c index 2a2c173058ba..acc749eee2fe 100644 --- a/net/wireless/mlme.c +++ b/net/wireless/mlme.c @@ -151,19 +151,35 @@ void cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *buf, size_t len) { struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr; struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt = (void *)buf; + __le16 fc; lockdep_assert_wiphy(wdev->wiphy); - trace_cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt(dev, buf, len); + if (len < sizeof(fc)) + return; + + fc = mgmt->frame_control; - if (WARN_ON(len < 2)) + if (ieee80211_is_auth(fc)) { + if (len < offsetofend(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.auth.status_code)) + return; + } else if (ieee80211_is_deauth(fc)) { + if (len < offsetofend(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.deauth.reason_code)) + return; + } else if (ieee80211_is_disassoc(fc)) { + if (len < offsetofend(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.disassoc.reason_code)) + return; + } else { return; + } + + trace_cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt(dev, buf, len); - if (ieee80211_is_auth(mgmt->frame_control)) + if (ieee80211_is_auth(fc)) cfg80211_process_auth(wdev, buf, len); - else if (ieee80211_is_deauth(mgmt->frame_control)) + else if (ieee80211_is_deauth(fc)) cfg80211_process_deauth(wdev, buf, len, false); - else if (ieee80211_is_disassoc(mgmt->frame_control)) + else cfg80211_process_disassoc(wdev, buf, len, false); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt); @@ -216,15 +232,28 @@ void cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *buf, size_t len, { struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr; struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt = (void *)buf; + __le16 fc; lockdep_assert_wiphy(wdev->wiphy); - trace_cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt(dev, buf, len, reconnect); + if (len < sizeof(fc)) + return; - if (WARN_ON(len < 2)) + fc = mgmt->frame_control; + + if (ieee80211_is_deauth(fc)) { + if (len < offsetofend(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.deauth.reason_code)) + return; + } else if (ieee80211_is_disassoc(fc)) { + if (len < offsetofend(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.disassoc.reason_code)) + return; + } else { return; + } + + trace_cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt(dev, buf, len, reconnect); - if (ieee80211_is_deauth(mgmt->frame_control)) + if (ieee80211_is_deauth(fc)) cfg80211_process_deauth(wdev, buf, len, reconnect); else cfg80211_process_disassoc(wdev, buf, len, reconnect); -- 2.47.3