On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 01:43:19PM +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > The function l2cap_get_conf_opt will return L2CAP_CONF_OPT_SIZE + opt->len > as length value. The opt->len however is in control over the remote user > and can be used by an attacker to gain access beyond the bounds of the > actual packet. > > To prevent any potential leak of heap memory, it is enough to check that > the resulting len calculation after calling l2cap_get_conf_opt is not > below zero. A well formed packet will always return >= 0 here and will > end with the length value being zero after the last option has been > parsed. In case of malformed packets messing with the opt->len field the > length value will become negative. If that is the case, then just abort > and ignore the option. > > In case an attacker uses a too short opt->len value, then garbage will > be parsed, but that is protected by the unknown option handling and also > the option parameter size checks. > > Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c > index 77799e7d5a34..ccdc5c67d22a 100644 > --- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c > +++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c > @@ -3337,6 +3337,8 @@ static int l2cap_parse_conf_req(struct l2cap_chan *chan, void *data, size_t data > > while (len >= L2CAP_CONF_OPT_SIZE) { > len -= l2cap_get_conf_opt(&req, &type, &olen, &val); > + if (len < 0) > + break; <snip> Patch looks good to me, thanks for fixing this all up: Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>