* [PATCH net] nfc: pn533: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in pn533_recv_frame()
@ 2026-10-14 8:32 Chandradhar Kumar
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From: Chandradhar Kumar @ 2026-10-14 8:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Heidelberg, Samuel Ortiz, Michael Thalmeier
Cc: syzbot+93f169a8e7d66864f800, Chandradhar Kumar, oe-linux-nfc,
linux-kernel
pn533_recv_frame() accesses skb->data to check for ACK frames, dump
the received frame via print_hex_dump_debug(), and validate the frame
without first verifying that skb->len contains enough bytes for the
frame header and payload. When a short or truncated USB packet is
received, this results in a slab-out-of-bounds read in
hex_dump_to_buffer() or during frame validation.
Fix this by verifying that skb->len is at least PN533_STD_FRAME_ACK_SIZE
before checking for an ACK frame, passing skb->len instead of the
unvalidated rx_frame_size() to print_hex_dump_debug(), and validating
that skb->len is large enough to hold the frame header and complete
frame before calling rx_is_frame_valid().
Fixes: 9815c7cf22da ("NFC: pn533: Separate physical layer from the core implementation")
Reported-by: syzbot+93f169a8e7d66864f800@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=93f169a8e7d66864f800
Signed-off-by: Chandradhar Kumar <chandradhar.2003@gmail.com>
---
drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
index b0133e51dce9..c730a84f1c62 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
@@ -2193,6 +2193,13 @@ void pn533_recv_frame(struct pn533 *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, int status)
goto sched_wq;
}
+ if (skb->len < PN533_STD_FRAME_ACK_SIZE) {
+ nfc_err(dev->dev, "Received a too short frame\n");
+ dev->cmd->status = -EIO;
+ dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+ goto sched_wq;
+ }
+
if (pn533_rx_frame_is_ack(skb->data)) {
dev_dbg(dev->dev, "%s: Received ACK frame\n", __func__);
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -2200,9 +2207,12 @@ void pn533_recv_frame(struct pn533 *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, int status)
}
print_hex_dump_debug("PN533 RX: ", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1, skb->data,
- dev->ops->rx_frame_size(skb->data), false);
+ skb->len, false);
- if (!dev->ops->rx_is_frame_valid(skb->data, dev)) {
+ if (skb->len < PN533_STD_FRAME_HEADER_LEN + PN533_STD_FRAME_TAIL_LEN ||
+ skb->len < dev->ops->rx_header_len ||
+ skb->len < dev->ops->rx_frame_size(skb->data) ||
+ !dev->ops->rx_is_frame_valid(skb->data, dev)) {
nfc_err(dev->dev, "Received an invalid frame\n");
dev->cmd->status = -EIO;
} else if (!pn533_rx_frame_is_cmd_response(dev, skb->data)) {
--
2.56.0
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