mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie() stores pointers to the HT and VHT
capability and operation elements, and to the operating-mode
notification, taken from a beacon/probe response without checking that
each element is long enough for the fixed-size structure the driver
later dereferences it as. The beacon buffer is a tight kmemdup() of the
on-air IEs, so a truncated element leaves the stored pointer short of
the structure and triggers a slab out-of-bounds read when the BSS
descriptor is consumed at association time -- e.g.
mwifiex_cmd_append_11n_tlv() memcpy()s sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_cap)
from bcn_ht_cap. A nearby AP (rogue / evil-twin; an open SSID needs no
credentials) can trigger this on the victim's association attempt.

mwifiex_set_sta_ht_cap() has the same missing-length pattern in uAP
mode: it reads ieee80211_ht_cap.cap_info from a
cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY) result without checking the
element length.

Reject the frame with -EINVAL when any of these elements is shorter than
the structure the driver later reads, matching the length validation the
FH/DS/CF/IBSS parameter-set cases in the same parser already perform. The
operating-mode notification pointer includes the element header, so it is
checked against total_ie_len; the HT/VHT pointers skip the header and are
checked against element_len. mwifiex_set_sta_ht_cap() returns void, so
there the too-short element is skipped instead.

No dynamic reproducer: mwifiex is a fullmac driver for Marvell hardware
with no mac80211_hwsim equivalent, so this was confirmed by source and
structure-offset analysis, and compile-tested only.

Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling (https://0sec.ai).

Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9a4 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: 0sec:multi-model
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@0sec.ai>
---

Changes in v4 (per Brian Norris's review of v3):
 - Use sizeof(*ptr) for the length checks instead of naming the struct
   type, so a check cannot drift from the type the pointer is
   dereferenced as. bcn_ht_cap/bcn_ht_oper/bcn_vht_cap/bcn_vht_oper/
   oper_mode are all typed pointers.
 - Check WLAN_EID_OPMODE_NOTIF against total_ie_len using
   sizeof(*oper_mode): struct ieee_types_oper_mode_ntf includes the
   element header and oper_mode points at the header, so a non-zero
   length test was not sufficient.
 - Keep -EINVAL on a too-short element (not break), matching the
   FH/DS/CF/IBSS cases in the same function as introduced in v2.

Changes in v3 (per Francesco Dolcini's review of v2):
 - Commit message only: spell out why ht_cap_ie->len is safe to test
   against, and restore the no-dynamic-reproducer note.

Changes in v2 (per Francesco Dolcini's review of v1):
 - Return -EINVAL on a too-short element instead of break, matching the
   FH/DS/CF/IBSS and VENDOR_SPECIFIC cases. mwifiex_set_sta_ht_cap()
   returns void, so there it stays a skip.
 - Switch the Assisted-by trailer to 0sec:multi-model.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260709100800.7026-1-doruk@0sec.ai/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260715185543.14478-1-doruk@0sec.ai/

 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
index 97c0ec3b822e7..80572989bc81c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,8 @@ int mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 							bss_entry->beacon_buf);
 			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY:
+			if (element_len < sizeof(*bss_entry->bcn_ht_cap))
+				return -EINVAL;
 			bss_entry->bcn_ht_cap = (struct ieee80211_ht_cap *)
 					(current_ptr +
 					sizeof(struct ieee_types_header));
@@ -1392,6 +1394,8 @@ int mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 					bss_entry->beacon_buf);
 			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_HT_OPERATION:
+			if (element_len < sizeof(*bss_entry->bcn_ht_oper))
+				return -EINVAL;
 			bss_entry->bcn_ht_oper =
 				(struct ieee80211_ht_operation *)(current_ptr +
 					sizeof(struct ieee_types_header));
@@ -1400,6 +1404,8 @@ int mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 					bss_entry->beacon_buf);
 			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_VHT_CAPABILITY:
+			if (element_len < sizeof(*bss_entry->bcn_vht_cap))
+				return -EINVAL;
 			bss_entry->disable_11ac = false;
 			bss_entry->bcn_vht_cap =
 				(void *)(current_ptr +
@@ -1409,6 +1415,8 @@ int mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 					      bss_entry->beacon_buf);
 			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_VHT_OPERATION:
+			if (element_len < sizeof(*bss_entry->bcn_vht_oper))
+				return -EINVAL;
 			bss_entry->bcn_vht_oper =
 				(void *)(current_ptr +
 					 sizeof(struct ieee_types_header));
@@ -1417,6 +1425,8 @@ int mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 					      bss_entry->beacon_buf);
 			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_BSS_COEX_2040:
+			if (!element_len)
+				return -EINVAL;
 			bss_entry->bcn_bss_co_2040 = current_ptr;
 			bss_entry->bss_co_2040_offset =
 				(u16) (current_ptr - bss_entry->beacon_buf);
@@ -1427,6 +1437,8 @@ int mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 				(u16) (current_ptr - bss_entry->beacon_buf);
 			break;
 		case WLAN_EID_OPMODE_NOTIF:
+			if (total_ie_len < sizeof(*bss_entry->oper_mode))
+				return -EINVAL;
 			bss_entry->oper_mode = (void *)current_ptr;
 			bss_entry->oper_mode_offset =
 					(u16)((u8 *)bss_entry->oper_mode -
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
index 7d3631d212236..844223c04e2ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ mwifiex_set_sta_ht_cap(struct mwifiex_private *priv, const u8 *ies,
 
 	ht_cap_ie = (void *)cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY, ies,
 					     ies_len);
-	if (ht_cap_ie) {
+	if (ht_cap_ie && ht_cap_ie->len >= sizeof(struct ieee80211_ht_cap)) {
 		ht_cap = (void *)(ht_cap_ie + 1);
 		node->is_11n_enabled = 1;
 		node->max_amsdu = le16_to_cpu(ht_cap->cap_info) &
-- 
2.43.0