[SRU][J][PATCH 1/1] wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()

alice.munduruca at canonical.com alice.munduruca at canonical.com
Wed Aug 6 13:46:12 UTC 2025


From: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov at yandex.ru>

Since 'ieee80211_beacon_get()' can return NULL, 'wfx_set_mfp_ap()'
should check the return value before examining skb data. So convert
the latter to return an appropriate error code and propagate it to
return from 'wfx_start_ap()' as well. Compile tested only.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov at yandex.ru>
Tested-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller at silabs.com>
Acked-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller at silabs.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231204171130.141394-1-dmantipov@yandex.ru
(cherry picked from commit fe0a7776d4d19e613bb8dd80fe2d78ae49e8b49d)
CVE-2023-52593
Signed-off-by: Alice C. Munduruca <alice.munduruca at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
index cb7e8abdf43c..0fdb1dace555 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
@@ -341,29 +341,37 @@ static int wfx_upload_ap_templates(struct wfx_vif *wvif)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void wfx_set_mfp_ap(struct wfx_vif *wvif)
+static int wfx_set_mfp_ap(struct wfx_vif *wvif)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = ieee80211_beacon_get(wvif->wdev->hw, wvif->vif);
 	const int ieoffset = offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.beacon.variable);
-	const u16 *ptr = (u16 *)cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_RSN,
-						 skb->data + ieoffset,
-						 skb->len - ieoffset);
 	const int pairwise_cipher_suite_count_offset = 8 / sizeof(u16);
 	const int pairwise_cipher_suite_size = 4 / sizeof(u16);
 	const int akm_suite_size = 4 / sizeof(u16);
+	const u16 *ptr;
 
-	if (ptr) {
-		ptr += pairwise_cipher_suite_count_offset;
-		if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
-			return;
-		ptr += 1 + pairwise_cipher_suite_size * *ptr;
-		if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
-			return;
-		ptr += 1 + akm_suite_size * *ptr;
-		if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
-			return;
-		hif_set_mfp(wvif, *ptr & BIT(7), *ptr & BIT(6));
-	}
+	if (unlikely(!skb))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ptr = (u16 *)cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_RSN, skb->data + ieoffset,
+				      skb->len - ieoffset);
+	if (unlikely(!ptr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ptr += pairwise_cipher_suite_count_offset;
+	if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ptr += 1 + pairwise_cipher_suite_size * *ptr;
+	if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ptr += 1 + akm_suite_size * *ptr;
+	if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	hif_set_mfp(wvif, *ptr & BIT(7), *ptr & BIT(6));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int wfx_start_ap(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
@@ -380,8 +388,7 @@ int wfx_start_ap(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
 	ret = hif_start(wvif, &vif->bss_conf, wvif->channel);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		return -EIO;
-	wfx_set_mfp_ap(wvif);
-	return ret;
+	return wfx_set_mfp_ap(wvif);
 }
 
 void wfx_stop_ap(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
-- 
2.48.1




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