Re: [PATCH net] nfc: microread: validate CARD_FOUND event length before parsing targets

On 13/07/2026 23:59, Doruk Tan Ozturk wrote:
> microread_target_discovered() parses a device-supplied MREAD_CARD_FOUND
> event into a struct nfc_target, reading fixed offsets and -- for the
> ISO-A and ISO-A-3 gates -- a variable-length NFCID1 straight out of the
> event skb. The only length check is nfcid1_len vs sizeof(targets->nfcid1);
> skb->len itself is never validated, so a short event makes every gate
> case read out of bounds past the skb:
> 
>    - ISO-A / ISO-A-3: fixed ATQA/SAK/LEN reads plus a memcpy of an
>      attacker-controlled nfcid1_len bytes from the NFCID1 offset;
>    - ISO-B / NFC-T1 / NFC-T3: a fixed 4- or 8-byte NFCID1 memcpy from a
>      fixed offset.
> 
> The copied nfcid1 is exported to user space via nfc_targets_found(), so
> the over-read is an information leak (and a possible oops on an unmapped
> page).
> 
> Reject events too short for the fields each gate case reads.
> 
> Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai).
> 
> Fixes: cfad1ba87150 ("NFC: Initial support for Inside Secure microread")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Assisted-by: 0sec
> Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <[email protected]>
> ---
>   drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Hello Doruk,

thanks for the patch, 1. 7. I got the same one from Pengpeng, which needs to 
address Fixes and Cc tag [1].

Feel free to sync together for the future effort to not get duplicated (and 
tokens not wasted ;-) )

Adding Pengpeng to Cc.

David

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/