From: pip-izony <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>,
Roopni Devanathan <quic_rdevanat@quicinc.com>
Cc: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@gmail.com>,
Kyungtae Kim <Kyungtae.Kim@dartmouth.edu>,
Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@gmail.com>,
"John W . Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: ar5523: fix integer underflow in ar5523_data_rx_cb()
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 14:55:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251103195519.3152385-2-eeodqql09@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
In ar5523_data_rx_cb(), the `rxlen` variable is derived from desc->len,
which is provided by the USB device.
The function checks for an upper bound (rxlen > ar->rxbufsz) and for a
zero value (!rxlen), but it fails to check for a proper lower bound
against the size of the descriptor.
If a malicious device provides an `rxlen` value that is positive
but smaller than sizeof(struct ar5523_rx_desc), the subtraction in
the call to skb_put() will result in an integer underflow.
This passes a very large unsigned value to skb_put(), which then
triggers a kernel panic upon detecting the potential buffer overflow.
Fix this by adding a check to ensure `rxlen` is at least
sizeof(struct ar5523_rx_desc) before performing the substraction.
Fixes: b7d572e1871df ("ar5523: Add new driver")
Signed-off-by: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
index 1230e6278f23..dfaccf241560 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar5523/ar5523.c
@@ -589,6 +589,12 @@ static void ar5523_data_rx_cb(struct urb *urb)
goto skip;
}
+ if (rxlen < sizeof(struct ar5523_rx_desc)) {
+ ar5523_dbg(ar, "RX: Bad descriptor (len=%d is too small)\n",
+ rxlen);
+ goto skip;
+ }
+
skb_reserve(data->skb, sizeof(*chunk));
skb_put(data->skb, rxlen - sizeof(struct ar5523_rx_desc));
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-03 19:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-03 19:55 pip-izony [this message]
2026-07-16 22:15 ` Jeff Johnson
2026-07-17 11:02 ` [PATCH v2] wifi: ar5523: validate rxlen against descriptor size and usblen " pip-izony
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