mwifiex_ret_802_11_scan() subtracts the fixed response fields and the firmware-provided BSS length from resp->size without first proving that either extent fits. A short response or oversized BSS length can therefore underflow tlv_buf_size and make the TLV parser walk beyond the command response. Compute the fixed extent from the selected normal or background scan response. Validate that the fixed fields and BSS data fit before deriving the TLV extent and entering the parser. Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9a4 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5 Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou --- Changes since v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260706092654.79403-1-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn/ - narrow this patch to the independent response/BSS extent underflow - account for the additional fixed field in background-scan responses - leave TSF and channel-band array validation to Tristan Madani's patch: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260421134938.331334-5-tristmd@gmail.com/ drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c index 97c0ec3b822e..256201fff971 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c @@ -2096,6 +2096,7 @@ int mwifiex_ret_802_11_scan(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u32 bytes_left; u32 idx; u32 tlv_buf_size; + size_t fixed_size; struct mwifiex_ie_types_chan_band_list_param_set *chan_band_tlv; struct chan_band_param_set *chan_band; u8 is_bgscan_resp; @@ -2111,6 +2112,14 @@ int mwifiex_ret_802_11_scan(struct mwifiex_private *priv, else scan_rsp = &resp->params.scan_resp; + scan_resp_size = le16_to_cpu(resp->size); + fixed_size = scan_rsp->bss_desc_and_tlv_buffer - (u8 *)resp; + if (scan_resp_size < fixed_size) { + mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR, + "SCAN_RESP: response is too short\n"); + ret = -1; + goto check_next_scan; + } if (scan_rsp->number_of_sets > MWIFIEX_MAX_AP) { mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR, @@ -2128,8 +2137,6 @@ int mwifiex_ret_802_11_scan(struct mwifiex_private *priv, "info: SCAN_RESP: bss_descript_size %d\n", bytes_left); - scan_resp_size = le16_to_cpu(resp->size); - mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO, "info: SCAN_RESP: returned %d APs before parsing\n", scan_rsp->number_of_sets); @@ -2137,15 +2144,17 @@ int mwifiex_ret_802_11_scan(struct mwifiex_private *priv, bss_info = scan_rsp->bss_desc_and_tlv_buffer; /* - * The size of the TLV buffer is equal to the entire command response - * size (scan_resp_size) minus the fixed fields (sizeof()'s), the - * BSS Descriptions (bss_descript_size as bytesLef) and the command - * response header (S_DS_GEN) + * The TLV buffer follows the command-specific fixed fields and the BSS + * descriptions. Background-scan responses have an additional fixed + * field before scan_rsp, which is included in fixed_size. */ - tlv_buf_size = scan_resp_size - (bytes_left - + sizeof(scan_rsp->bss_descript_size) - + sizeof(scan_rsp->number_of_sets) - + S_DS_GEN); + if (bytes_left > scan_resp_size - fixed_size) { + mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR, + "SCAN_RESP: BSS data exceeds response\n"); + ret = -1; + goto check_next_scan; + } + tlv_buf_size = scan_resp_size - fixed_size - bytes_left; tlv_data = (struct mwifiex_ie_types_data *) (scan_rsp-> bss_desc_and_tlv_buffer + base-commit: dac3e89a2c90c2feeb471e1f22a2512ad424b792 -- 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)