From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:31:35 +0000 (+0100) Subject: staging: rtl8723bs: properly validate the data in rtw_get_ie_ex() X-Git-Tag: v7.0-rc4~16^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f0109b9d3e1e455429279d602f6276e34689750a;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git staging: rtl8723bs: properly validate the data in rtw_get_ie_ex() Just like in commit 154828bf9559 ("staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in rtw_get_ie() parser"), we don't trust the data in the frame so we should check the length better before acting on it Cc: stable Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_2000 Tested-by: Navaneeth K Reviewed-by: Navaneeth K Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2026022336-arrange-footwork-6e54@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c index 6cf217e21593..3e2b5e6b07f9 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c @@ -186,20 +186,25 @@ u8 *rtw_get_ie_ex(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 eid, u8 *oui, u8 oui_len, u8 *ie, u cnt = 0; - while (cnt < in_len) { + while (cnt + 2 <= in_len) { + u8 ie_len = in_ie[cnt + 1]; + + if (cnt + 2 + ie_len > in_len) + break; + if (eid == in_ie[cnt] - && (!oui || !memcmp(&in_ie[cnt+2], oui, oui_len))) { + && (!oui || (ie_len >= oui_len && !memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], oui, oui_len)))) { target_ie = &in_ie[cnt]; if (ie) - memcpy(ie, &in_ie[cnt], in_ie[cnt+1]+2); + memcpy(ie, &in_ie[cnt], ie_len + 2); if (ielen) - *ielen = in_ie[cnt+1]+2; + *ielen = ie_len + 2; break; } - cnt += in_ie[cnt+1]+2; /* goto next */ + cnt += ie_len + 2; /* goto next */ } return target_ie;