ACK: [SRU][J/F][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2024-41071

[Mehmet Basaran]

Acked-by: Mehmet Basaran <mehmet.basaran at canonical.com>

-------------- next part --------------
Koichiro Den <koichiro.den at canonical.com> writes:

> [Impact]
>
> wifi: mac80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing
>
> req->n_channels must be set before req->channels[] can be used.
>
> This patch fixes one of the issues encountered in [1].
>
> [   83.964255] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/mac80211/scan.c:364:4
> [   83.964258] index 0 is out of range for type 'struct ieee80211_channel *[]'
> [...]
> [   83.964264] Call Trace:
> [   83.964267]  <TASK>
> [   83.964269]  dump_stack_lvl+0x3f/0xc0
> [   83.964274]  __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0xec/0x110
> [   83.964278]  ieee80211_prep_hw_scan+0x2db/0x4b0
> [   83.964281]  __ieee80211_start_scan+0x601/0x990
> [   83.964291]  nl80211_trigger_scan+0x874/0x980
> [   83.964295]  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x160
> [   83.964298]  genl_rcv_msg+0x240/0x270
> [...]
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218810
>
> [Backport]
>
> Adjusted context due to missing commit 5add321c329b
> ("wifi: cfg80211: remove scan_width support")
>
> [Fix]
>
> Noble:  fixed via stable
> Jammy:  Backport - adjusted contexts due to missing commits, see [Backport]
> Focal:  Backport - adjusted contexts due to missing commits, see [Backport]
> Bionic: fix sent to esm ML
> Xenial: fix sent to esm ML
> Trusty: not affected
>
> [Test case]
>
> Compile and boot tested
>
> [Where problem could occur]
>
> This fix impacts those who uses SoftMAC WiFi devices, an issue with this
> fix would be visible to the user via UBSAN splat.
>
>
> Kenton Groombridge (1):
>   wifi: mac80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array
>     indexing
>
>  net/mac80211/scan.c | 17 +++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>
>
> -- 
> kernel-team mailing list
> kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-team
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 873 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/attachments/20240917/d8e58a72/attachment-0001.sig>