[PATCH net 2/2] nfc: llcp: add missing bounds checks in nfc_llcp_recv_snl()
From: Muhammad Bilal
Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 21:27:25 EST
nfc_llcp_recv_snl() processes remotely supplied SNL frames without
validating TLV buffer boundaries before accessing header and value
bytes, leading to three issues:
1. No bounds check before reading tlv[0] (type) and tlv[1] (length).
When tlv_len - offset == 1, reading tlv[1] accesses one byte past
the end of the skb data.
2. For LLCP_TLV_SDREQ entries, tlv[2] (tid) and tlv[3+]
(service_name) are read without checking offset+2+length <= tlv_len,
allowing out-of-bounds reads beyond the skb data boundary.
3. service_name_len = length - 1 with length as u8 and service_name_len
as size_t. When length == 0, the subtraction yields SIZE_MAX on
64-bit kernels due to integer promotion. The computed SIZE_MAX value
is propagated into nfc_llcp_sock_from_sn() as sn_len, bypassing the
sn_len == 0 guard and reaching subsequent comparison logic with an
excessively large length argument.
Fix all three issues by:
- Adding a header bounds check before reading tlv[0]/tlv[1].
- Adding a value bounds check after reading length.
- Rejecting SDREQ TLVs with length < 1 to prevent the SIZE_MAX
underflow, while preserving length == 1 as a valid case.
- Rejecting SDRES TLVs with length < 2 since both tlv[2] and
tlv[3] are required.
Fixes: 19cfe5843e86 ("NFC: Initial SNL support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/nfc/llcp_core.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
index db5bc6a87..da7c6377d 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_core.c
@@ -1300,12 +1300,28 @@ static void nfc_llcp_recv_snl(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
sdres_tlvs_len = 0;
while (offset < tlv_len) {
- type = tlv[0];
+ if (offset + 2 > tlv_len) {
+ pr_err("Truncated TLV header at offset %u\n", offset);
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
+ type = tlv[0];
length = tlv[1];
+ if (offset + 2 + length > tlv_len) {
+ pr_err("TLV length %u overflows buffer at offset %u\n",
+ length, offset);
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
switch (type) {
case LLCP_TLV_SDREQ:
- tid = tlv[2];
+ if (length < 1) {
+ pr_err("SDREQ TLV length %u too short\n", length);
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
+ tid = tlv[2];
service_name = (char *) &tlv[3];
service_name_len = length - 1;
@@ -1369,6 +1385,9 @@ static void nfc_llcp_recv_snl(struct nfc_llcp_local *local,
break;
case LLCP_TLV_SDRES:
+ if (length < 2)
+ break;
+
mutex_lock(&local->sdreq_lock);
pr_debug("LLCP_TLV_SDRES: searching tid %d\n", tlv[2]);
--
2.54.0