mwifiex_tdls_add_ht_oper() gates its follow-the-AP-bandwidth path on
bss_desc->bcn_ht_cap being present, but then dereferences a different
pointer, bss_desc->bcn_ht_oper:
if (ISSUPP_CHANWIDTH40(priv->adapter->hw_dot_11n_dev_cap) &&
bss_desc->bcn_ht_cap &&
ISALLOWED_CHANWIDTH40(bss_desc->bcn_ht_oper->ht_param))
bcn_ht_cap and bcn_ht_oper are populated independently while parsing the
associated AP's beacon in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie(): an AP that
advertises an HT Capabilities element but no HT Operation element leaves
bcn_ht_cap non-NULL and bcn_ht_oper NULL. Setting up a TDLS link to a
peer while associated to such an AP then dereferences the NULL
bcn_ht_oper and crashes the kernel. Every other bcn_ht_oper user in the
driver NULL-checks it first.
Guard on the pointer that is actually dereferenced.
Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling (https://0sec.ai).
Fixes: 396939f94084 ("mwifiex: add HT operation IE in TDLS setup confirm")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: 0sec:multi-model
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260716103042.88469-1-doruk@0sec.ai
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
/* follow AP's channel bandwidth */
if (ISSUPP_CHANWIDTH40(priv->adapter->hw_dot_11n_dev_cap) &&
- bss_desc->bcn_ht_cap &&
+ bss_desc->bcn_ht_oper &&
ISALLOWED_CHANWIDTH40(bss_desc->bcn_ht_oper->ht_param))
ht_oper->ht_param = bss_desc->bcn_ht_oper->ht_param;