[PATCH v4] wifi: mwifiex: validate event lengths before copying bodies
Pengpeng Hou <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:20:02 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
mwifiex event packets contain a four-byte event cause followed by the event body. The USB and SDIO paths copy from data after that header using the full packet length, so the source range extends four bytes beyond the skb. The SDIO path also reads the event cause before validating the packet and publishes oversized events without a copied body. Reject SDIO events that are shorter than the header or whose body exceeds the event buffer. Discard them through the same free-and-break contract used for unknown upload types. Retain USB's existing error path, apply the same body-length upper bound there, and copy only the bytes after the event header in both paths. Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <[email protected]> --- Changes since v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ - compute the upper bound from the event body length, as requested by Jeff Chen - apply the same body-length bound to USB and allow a full MAX_EVENT_SIZE body in both paths - add Francesco Dolcini's Reviewed-by - rebase onto the current tree drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c | 15 +++++++++++---- drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c index f039d6f19183..ccaf515d5597 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c @@ -1712,12 +1712,19 @@ static int mwifiex_decode_rx_packet(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, case MWIFIEX_TYPE_EVENT: mwifiex_dbg(adapter, EVENT, "info: --- Rx: Event ---\n"); + if (skb->len < MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN || + skb->len - MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN > MAX_EVENT_SIZE) { + mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR, + "EVENT: invalid skb->len %u\n", skb->len); + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); + break; + } + adapter->event_cause = get_unaligned_le32(skb->data); - if ((skb->len > 0) && (skb->len < MAX_EVENT_SIZE)) - memcpy(adapter->event_body, - skb->data + MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN, - skb->len); + memcpy(adapter->event_body, + skb->data + MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN, + skb->len - MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN); /* event cause has been saved to adapter->event_cause */ adapter->event_received = true; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c index f4b94a1054f6..7f3d0f9f4fd6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c @@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ static int mwifiex_usb_recv(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, mwifiex_dbg(adapter, EVENT, "event_cause %#x\n", adapter->event_cause); - if (skb->len > MAX_EVENT_SIZE) { + if (skb->len - MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN > + MAX_EVENT_SIZE) { mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR, "EVENT: event body too large\n"); ret = -1; @@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ static int mwifiex_usb_recv(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, } memcpy(adapter->event_body, skb->data + - MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN, skb->len); + MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN, + skb->len - MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN); adapter->event_received = true; adapter->event_skb = skb; -- 2.50.1