linux/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k
Jiri Slaby (SUSE) d748603f12 wifi: ath5k: do not access array OOB
Vincent reports:
> The ath5k driver seems to do an array-index-out-of-bounds access as
> shown by the UBSAN kernel message:
> UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c:1741:20
> index 4 is out of range for type 'ieee80211_tx_rate [4]'
> ...
> Call Trace:
>  <TASK>
>  dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
>  ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x2b
>  __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x46/0x4b
>  ath5k_tasklet_tx+0x4e0/0x560 [ath5k]
>  tasklet_action_common+0xb5/0x1c0

It is real. 'ts->ts_final_idx' can be 3 on 5212, so:
   info->status.rates[ts->ts_final_idx + 1].idx = -1;
with the array defined as:
   struct ieee80211_tx_rate rates[IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES];
while the size is:
   #define IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES  4
is indeed bogus.

Set this 'idx = -1' sentinel only if the array index is less than the
array size. As mac80211 will not look at rates beyond the size
(IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES).

Note: The effect of the OOB write is negligible. It just overwrites the
next member of info->status, i.e. ack_signal.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Vincent Danjean <vdanjean@debian.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aQYUkIaT87ccDCin@eldamar.lan
Closes: https://bugs.debian.org/1119093
Fixes: 6d7b97b23e ("ath5k: fix tx status reporting issues")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209100459.2253198-1-jirislaby@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
2026-05-04 07:15:20 -07:00
..
ahb.c wifi: Switch back to struct platform_driver::remove() 2024-11-11 14:10:45 +02:00
ani.c
ani.h
ath5k.h
attach.c
base.c wifi: ath5k: do not access array OOB 2026-05-04 07:15:20 -07:00
base.h
caps.c
debug.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
debug.h wifi: ath5k: debug.h: fix enum ath5k_debug_level kernel-doc 2026-01-15 17:19:34 -08:00
desc.c
desc.h
dma.c
eeprom.c Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
eeprom.h
gpio.c
initvals.c
Kconfig
led.c
mac80211-ops.c wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Add support to get radio index 2025-06-24 15:19:27 +02:00
Makefile
pci.c wifi: ath5k: add PCI ID for Arcadyan devices 2024-10-16 07:43:07 -07:00
pcu.c move asm/unaligned.h to linux/unaligned.h 2024-10-02 17:23:23 -04:00
phy.c wifi: ath5k: Use max() to improve code 2025-07-15 09:17:15 -07:00
qcu.c
reg.h wifi: Fix typos 2025-07-24 09:05:31 +02:00
reset.c move asm/unaligned.h to linux/unaligned.h 2024-10-02 17:23:23 -04:00
rfbuffer.h
rfgain.h
rfkill.c
sysfs.c
trace.h