From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: johannes@sipsolutions.net
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+cc867e537e4bd36f69bb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] wifi: cfg80211: validate IEs in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:50:28 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260725142028.32560-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
The KASAN allocation trace shows that a malformed IE buffer is
stored via SIOCSIWGENIE (cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()) without any
validation. The crash trace shows that a subsequent SIOCSIWESSID
triggers a connection attempt which calls cfg80211_sme_get_conn_ies()
to process the stored IE buffer, causing:
- An out-of-bounds read in skip_ie() which reads ies[pos+1]
(the length byte) past the end of the 1-byte buffer.
- An integer underflow in the memcpy size argument when offs
returned by ieee80211_ie_split() exceeds ies_len, causing
unsigned subtraction to wrap to SIZE_MAX and triggering a
fortify panic.
Fix this by validating the IE buffer in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()
before storing it. First reject buffers smaller than 2 bytes since
a valid IE requires at least a type and length field. Then use
for_each_element() and for_each_element_completed() to verify all
elements are well-formed. Return -EINVAL if validation fails.
Reported-by: syzbot+cc867e537e4bd36f69bb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=cc867e537e4bd36f69bb
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
v2: Use for_each_element() and for_each_element_completed() instead
of open-coded validation loop, as suggested by Johannes Berg.
Also add explicit ie_len < 2 check to handle the case where
for_each_element_completed() returns true for a 1-byte buffer.
---
net/wireless/wext-sme.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
index 573b6b15a446..51fc2617a1c3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
@@ -319,6 +319,18 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwgenie(struct net_device *dev,
return 0;
if (ie_len) {
+ const struct element *elem;
+
+ /* IE must have at least Type + Length bytes */
+ if (ie_len < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ for_each_element(elem, extra, ie_len) {
+ /* nothing */
+ }
+
+ if (!for_each_element_completed(elem, extra, ie_len))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
ie = kmemdup(extra, ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ie)
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-25 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-25 14:20 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2026-07-26 20:48 ` Jeff Johnson
2026-07-29 1:41 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-07-29 6:34 ` Johannes Berg
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