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| author | Navaneeth K <knavaneeth786@gmail.com> | 2025-11-20 16:23:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2025-11-27 15:16:30 +0100 |
| commit | 154828bf9559b9c8421fc2f0d7f7f76b3683aaed (patch) | |
| tree | b7410ac4c8404927d8f59224a8ce2a71b5c9943c /lib/debugobjects.c | |
| parent | 1520007aa361cd97067364d8c6fc1bbc14e93f08 (diff) | |
staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in rtw_get_ie() parser
The Information Element (IE) parser rtw_get_ie() trusted the length
byte of each IE without validating that the IE body (len bytes after
the 2-byte header) fits inside the remaining frame buffer. A malformed
frame can advertise an IE length larger than the available data, causing
the parser to increment its pointer beyond the buffer end. This results
in out-of-bounds reads or, depending on the pattern, an infinite loop.
Fix by validating that (offset + 2 + len) does not exceed the limit
before accepting the IE or advancing to the next element.
This prevents OOB reads and ensures the parser terminates safely on
malformed frames.
Signed-off-by: Navaneeth K <knavaneeth786@gmail.com>
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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