drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
The driver does not set hw->sta_data_size, which causes mac80211 to
allocate insufficient space for driver private station data in
__sta_info_alloc(). When rtl8xxxu_sta_add() accesses members of
struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info through sta->drv_priv, this results in a
slab-out-of-bounds write.
KASAN report on RISC-V (VisionFive 2) with RTL8192EU adapter:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add+0x31c/0x346
Write of size 8 at addr ffffffd6d3e9ae88 by task kworker/u16:0/12
Set hw->sta_data_size to sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info) during
probe, similar to how hw->vif_data_size is configured. This ensures
mac80211 allocates sufficient space for the driver's per-station
private data.
Tested on StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.2A board.
Fixes: eef55f1545c9 ("wifi: rtl8xxxu: support multiple interfaces in {add,remove}_interface()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ali Tariq <alitariq45892@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c
index c06ad064f37c..f9a527f6a175 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c
@@ -7826,6 +7826,7 @@ static int rtl8xxxu_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
goto err_set_intfdata;
hw->vif_data_size = sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_vif);
+ hw->sta_data_size = sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info);
hw->wiphy->max_scan_ssids = 1;
hw->wiphy->max_scan_ie_len = IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN;
--
2.43.0
Ali Tariq <alitariq45892@gmail.com> wrote:
> The driver does not set hw->sta_data_size, which causes mac80211 to
> allocate insufficient space for driver private station data in
> __sta_info_alloc(). When rtl8xxxu_sta_add() accesses members of
> struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info through sta->drv_priv, this results in a
> slab-out-of-bounds write.
>
> KASAN report on RISC-V (VisionFive 2) with RTL8192EU adapter:
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add+0x31c/0x346
> Write of size 8 at addr ffffffd6d3e9ae88 by task kworker/u16:0/12
>
> Set hw->sta_data_size to sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info) during
> probe, similar to how hw->vif_data_size is configured. This ensures
> mac80211 allocates sufficient space for the driver's per-station
> private data.
>
> Tested on StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.2A board.
>
> Fixes: eef55f1545c9 ("wifi: rtl8xxxu: support multiple interfaces in {add,remove}_interface()")
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Ali Tariq <alitariq45892@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks.
86c946bcc00f wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add
---
https://github.com/pkshih/rtw.git
Ali Tariq <alitariq45892@gmail.com> wrote:
> The driver does not set hw->sta_data_size, which causes mac80211 to
> allocate insufficient space for driver private station data in
> __sta_info_alloc(). When rtl8xxxu_sta_add() accesses members of
> struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info through sta->drv_priv, this results in a
> slab-out-of-bounds write.
>
> KASAN report on RISC-V (VisionFive 2) with RTL8192EU adapter:
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add+0x31c/0x346
> Write of size 8 at addr ffffffd6d3e9ae88 by task kworker/u16:0/12
>
> Set hw->sta_data_size to sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info) during
> probe, similar to how hw->vif_data_size is configured. This ensures
> mac80211 allocates sufficient space for the driver's per-station
> private data.
>
> Tested on StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.2A board.
>
> Fixes: eef55f1545c9 ("wifi: rtl8xxxu: support multiple interfaces in {add,remove}_interface()")
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>
No need empty lines after Fixes and Cc tags. I will remove them while getting
merged into rtw tree.
> Signed-off-by: Ali Tariq <alitariq45892@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
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