[PATCH v7 7/7] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr()
From: Alexandru Hossu
Date: Thu May 21 2026 - 20:49:10 EST
Three IE/attribute parsing functions have missing bounds checks.
rtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_wapi_ie() iterate over a raw IE buffer
without verifying that the header bytes (tag + length) are within the
remaining buffer before reading them. Additionally, rtw_get_sec_ie()
compares the 4-byte WPA OUI at cnt+2 without checking that at least
6 bytes remain, and rtw_get_wapi_ie() compares a 4-byte WAPI OUI at
cnt+6 without checking that at least 10 bytes remain.
rtw_get_wps_attr() reads wps_ie[0] and wps_ie+2 unconditionally at
entry, before verifying that wps_ielen is large enough to contain
the 6-byte WPS IE header (element_id + length + 4-byte OUI). Inside
the attribute loop, get_unaligned_be16() is called on attr_ptr and
attr_ptr+2 without checking that 4 bytes remain in the buffer.
Add a cnt+2 bounds check before each loop body in rtw_get_sec_ie()
and rtw_get_wapi_ie(), guard each multi-byte comparison with a minimum
IE length requirement, add a wps_ielen < 6 early return in
rtw_get_wps_attr(), and add a 4-byte bounds check in its inner loop.
Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index 72b7f731dd47..3c1f0068cd92 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -583,9 +583,14 @@ int rtw_get_wapi_ie(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 *wapi_ie, u16 *wapi_len)
cnt = (_TIMESTAMP_ + _BEACON_ITERVAL_ + _CAPABILITY_);
while (cnt < in_len) {
+ if (cnt + 2 > in_len)
+ break;
+ if (cnt + 2 + in_ie[cnt + 1] > in_len)
+ break;
authmode = in_ie[cnt];
if (authmode == WLAN_EID_BSS_AC_ACCESS_DELAY &&
+ in_ie[cnt + 1] >= 8 &&
(!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 6], wapi_oui1, 4) ||
!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 6], wapi_oui2, 4))) {
if (wapi_ie)
@@ -616,9 +621,14 @@ void rtw_get_sec_ie(u8 *in_ie, uint in_len, u8 *rsn_ie, u16 *rsn_len, u8 *wpa_ie
cnt = (_TIMESTAMP_ + _BEACON_ITERVAL_ + _CAPABILITY_);
while (cnt < in_len) {
+ if (cnt + 2 > in_len)
+ break;
+ if (cnt + 2 + in_ie[cnt + 1] > in_len)
+ break;
authmode = in_ie[cnt];
if ((authmode == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) &&
+ in_ie[cnt + 1] >= 4 &&
(!memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], &wpa_oui[0], 4))) {
if (wpa_ie)
memcpy(wpa_ie, &in_ie[cnt], in_ie[cnt + 1] + 2);
@@ -699,6 +709,9 @@ u8 *rtw_get_wps_attr(u8 *wps_ie, uint wps_ielen, u16 target_attr_id, u8 *buf_att
if (len_attr)
*len_attr = 0;
+ if (wps_ielen < 6)
+ return attr_ptr;
+
if ((wps_ie[0] != WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) ||
(memcmp(wps_ie + 2, wps_oui, 4))) {
return attr_ptr;
@@ -709,6 +722,8 @@ u8 *rtw_get_wps_attr(u8 *wps_ie, uint wps_ielen, u16 target_attr_id, u8 *buf_att
while (attr_ptr - wps_ie < wps_ielen) {
/* 4 = 2(Attribute ID) + 2(Length) */
+ if (attr_ptr + 4 > wps_ie + wps_ielen)
+ break;
u16 attr_id = get_unaligned_be16(attr_ptr);
u16 attr_data_len = get_unaligned_be16(attr_ptr + 2);
u16 attr_len = attr_data_len + 4;
--
2.54.0