net: hamradio: bpqether: validate frame length in bpq_rcv()

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The BPQ length field is decoded as:

  len = skb->data[0] + skb->data[1] * 256 - 5;

If the sender sets bytes [0..1] to values whose combined value is
less than 5, len becomes negative.  Passing a negative int to
skb_trim() silently converts to a huge unsigned value, causing the
function to be a no-op.  The frame is then passed up to AX.25 with
its original (untrimmed) payload, delivering garbage beyond the
declared frame boundary.

Additionally, a negative len corrupts the 64-bit rx_bytes counter
through implicit sign-extension.

Add a bounds check before pulling the length bytes: reject frames
where len is negative or exceeds the remaining skb data.

Acked-by: Joerg Reuter <jreuter@yaina.de>
Signed-off-by: Mashiro Chen <mashiro.chen@mailbox.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260409024927.24397-2-mashiro.chen@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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Mashiro Chen 2026-04-09 10:49:26 +08:00 • committed by Jakub Kicinski

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