The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 768c0b19b50665e337c96858aa2b7928d6dcf756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:10:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: validate extended element ID is present
Before attempting to parse an extended element, verify that
the extended element ID is present.
Fixes: 41cbb0f5a295 ("mac80211: add support for HE")
Reported-by: syzbot+59bdff68edce82e393b6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211211201023.f30a1b128c07.I5cacc176da94ba316877c6e10fe3ceec8b4dbd7d@changeid
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 43df2f0c5db9..6c2934854d3c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -943,7 +943,12 @@ static void ieee80211_parse_extension_element(u32 *crc,
struct ieee802_11_elems *elems)
{
const void *data = elem->data + 1;
- u8 len = elem->datalen - 1;
+ u8 len;
+
+ if (!elem->datalen)
+ return;
+
+ len = elem->datalen - 1;
switch (elem->data[0]) {
case WLAN_EID_EXT_HE_MU_EDCA:
