Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: Fix __counted_by to be LE variant

["Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com>]

On 21/07/25 12:18, Kees Cook wrote:
> In brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx() the "len" counter of the struct
> brcmf_mf_params_le::data flexible array is stored as little-endian via
> cpu_to_le16() so the __counted_by_le() variant must be used:
> 
> 	struct brcmf_mf_params_le *mf_params;
> 	...
> 	mf_params_len = offsetof(struct brcmf_mf_params_le, data) +
> 			(len - DOT11_MGMT_HDR_LEN);
> 	mf_params = kzalloc(mf_params_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	...
>          mf_params->len = cpu_to_le16(len - DOT11_MGMT_HDR_LEN);
> 
> Fixes: 66f909308a7c ("wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: support external SAE authentication in station mode")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

Thanks!
-Gustavo

> ---
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
> Cc: Chung-Hsien Hsu <chung-hsien.hsu@infineon.com>
> Cc: Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@infineon.com>
> Cc: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
> Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> Cc: Ting-Ying Li <tingying.li@cypress.com>
> Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: <brcm80211@lists.linux.dev>
> Cc: <brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com>
> Cc: <linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org>
> ---
>   .../net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h   | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
> index 08c69142495a..669564382e32 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct brcmf_mf_params_le {
>   	u8 da[ETH_ALEN];
>   	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
>   	__le32 packet_id;
> -	u8 data[] __counted_by(len);
> +	u8 data[] __counted_by_le(len);
>   };
>   
>   #endif /* CYW_FWIL_TYPES_H_ */