From 6b47b29730de3232b919d8362749f6814c5f2a33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tristan Madani Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:50:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware IE lengths in connect event The firmware-controlled beacon_ie_len, assoc_req_len, and assoc_resp_len fields in ath6kl_wmi_connect_event_rx() are not validated against the buffer length. Their sum (up to 765) can exceed the actual WMI event data, causing out-of-bounds reads during IE parsing and state corruption of wmi->is_wmm_enabled. Add a check that the total IE length fits within the buffer. Fixes: bdcd81707973 ("Add ath6kl cleaned up driver") Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260421135009.348084-3-tristmd@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c index 7e65a03be0b7..2b0c5038ae04 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c @@ -874,6 +874,14 @@ static int ath6kl_wmi_connect_event_rx(struct wmi *wmi, u8 *datap, int len, ev = (struct wmi_connect_event *) datap; + if (len < sizeof(*ev) + ev->beacon_ie_len + + ev->assoc_req_len + ev->assoc_resp_len) { + ath6kl_dbg(ATH6KL_DBG_WMI, + "connect event: IE lengths %u+%u+%u exceed buffer %d\n", + ev->beacon_ie_len, ev->assoc_req_len, + ev->assoc_resp_len, len); + return -EINVAL; + } if (vif->nw_type == AP_NETWORK) { /* AP mode start/STA connected event */ struct net_device *dev = vif->ndev;