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Christian Lamparter 6d05390d20 wifi: p54: prevent buffer-overflow in p54_rx_eeprom_readback() 
commit da1b9a55ff upstream.

Robert Morris reported:

|If a malicious USB device pretends to be an Intersil p54 wifi
|interface and generates an eeprom_readback message with a large
|eeprom->v1.len, p54_rx_eeprom_readback() will copy data from the
|message beyond the end of priv->eeprom.
|
|static void p54_rx_eeprom_readback(struct p54_common *priv,
|                                   struct sk_buff *skb)
|{
|        struct p54_hdr *hdr = (struct p54_hdr *) skb->data;
|        struct p54_eeprom_lm86 *eeprom = (struct p54_eeprom_lm86 *) hdr->data;
|
|        if (priv->fw_var >= 0x509) {
|                memcpy(priv->eeprom, eeprom->v2.data,
|                       le16_to_cpu(eeprom->v2.len));
|        } else {
|                memcpy(priv->eeprom, eeprom->v1.data,
|                       le16_to_cpu(eeprom->v1.len));
|        }
| [...]

The eeprom->v{1,2}.len is set by the driver in p54_download_eeprom().
The device is supposed to provide the same length back to the driver.
But yes, it's possible (like shown in the report) to alter the value
to something that causes a crash/panic due to overrun.

This patch addresses the issue by adding the size to the common device
context, so p54_rx_eeprom_readback no longer relies on possibly tampered
values... That said, it also checks if the "firmware" altered the value
and no longer copies them.

The one, small saving grace is: Before the driver tries to read the eeprom,
it needs to upload >a< firmware. the vendor firmware has a proprietary
license and as a reason, it is not present on most distributions by
default.

Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Robert Morris <rtm@mit.edu>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/28782.1747258414@localhost/
Fixes: 7cb770729b ("p54: move eeprom code into common library")
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250516184107.47794-1-chunkeey@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
History 2025-06-27 11:11:14 +01:00
arch s390/pci: Serialize device addition and removal 2025-06-27 11:11:14 +01:00
block block: don't use submit_bio_noacct_nocheck in blk_zone_wplug_bio_work 2025-06-19 15:32:33 +02:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: api - Redo lookup on EEXIST 2025-06-19 15:31:30 +02:00
Documentation regulator: dt-bindings: mt6357: Drop fixed compatible requirement 2025-06-19 15:32:37 +02:00
drivers wifi: p54: prevent buffer-overflow in p54_rx_eeprom_readback() 2025-06-27 11:11:14 +01:00
fs gfs2: move msleep to sleepable context 2025-06-27 11:11:12 +01:00
include overflow: Introduce __DEFINE_FLEX for having no initializer 2025-06-19 15:32:37 +02:00
init rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's unnecessary_transmutes lint 2025-05-18 08:24:51 +02:00
io_uring io_uring/kbuf: account ring io_buffer_list memory 2025-06-27 11:11:14 +01:00
ipc ipc: fix memleak if msg_init_ns failed in create_ipc_ns 2024-12-05 14:03:02 +01:00
kernel ring-buffer: Move cpus_read_lock() outside of buffer->mutex 2025-06-19 15:32:36 +02:00
lib iov_iter: use iov_offset for length calculation in iov_iter_aligned_bvec 2025-06-19 15:32:21 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm page_pool: Move pp_magic check into helper functions 2025-06-19 15:31:42 +02:00
net calipso: unlock rcu before returning -EAFNOSUPPORT 2025-06-19 15:32:37 +02:00
rust rust: alloc: add missing invariant in Vec::set_len() 2025-06-19 15:32:09 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: Fix compilation failure for samples/bpf on LoongArch Fedora 2025-05-29 11:02:01 +02:00
scripts randstruct: gcc-plugin: Fix attribute addition 2025-06-19 15:32:04 +02:00
security smack: Revert "smackfs: Added check catlen" 2025-05-29 11:02:48 +02:00
sound ASoC: amd: sof_amd_sdw: Fix unlikely uninitialized variable use in create_sdw_dailinks() 2025-06-27 11:11:13 +01:00
tools tools/resolve_btfids: Fix build when cross compiling kernel with clang. 2025-06-19 15:32:33 +02:00
usr kbuild: hdrcheck: fix cross build with clang 2025-03-13 13:02:18 +01:00
virt KVM: Add member to struct kvm_gfn_range to indicate private/shared 2025-05-22 14:29:36 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-18 08:24:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add Jeff Kirsher to .get_maintainer.ignore 2024-03-08 11:36:54 +00:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore rust: introduce .clippy.toml 2025-03-13 13:01:42 +01:00
.mailmap mailmap: add entry for Thorsten Blum 2024-11-07 14:14:59 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove self from DSA entry 2024-11-03 12:52:38 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Update Alexey Makhalov's email address 2025-05-22 14:29:46 +02:00
Makefile Linux 6.12.34 2025-06-19 15:32:38 +02:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.