Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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: syzbot <syzbot+2ca247c2d60c7023de7f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
b383e8abed41 wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()
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