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Commit b383e8ab authored by Tetsuo Handa's avatar Tetsuo Handa Committed by Kalle Valo
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wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()



syzbot is reporting uninit value at ath9k_htc_rx_msg() [1], for
ioctl(USB_RAW_IOCTL_EP_WRITE) can call ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() with
pkt_len = 0 but ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() uses
__dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len + 32, GFP_ATOMIC) based on an assumption that
pkt_len is valid. As a result, ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() allocates skb
with uninitialized memory and ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is reading from
uninitialized memory.

Since bytes accessed by ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is not known until
ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is called, it would be difficult to check minimal valid
pkt_len at "if (pkt_len > 2 * MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE) {" line in
ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream().

We have two choices. One is to workaround by adding __GFP_ZERO so that
ath9k_htc_rx_msg() sees 0 if pkt_len is invalid. The other is to let
ath9k_htc_rx_msg() validate pkt_len before accessing. This patch chose
the latter.

Note that I'm not sure threshold condition is correct, for I can't find
details on possible packet length used by this protocol.

Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2ca247c2d60c7023de7f [1]
Reported-by: default avatarsyzbot <syzbot+2ca247c2d60c7023de7f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarTetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Acked-by: default avatarToke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
Signed-off-by: default avatarKalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7acfa1be-4b5c-b2ce-de43-95b0593fb3e5@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
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