linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] rtl8187: Fix potential buffer underflow in rtl8187_rx

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Message-ID: <20251118013258.1789949-2-eeodqql09@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:32:59 -0500
From: pip-izony <eeodqql09@...il.com>
To: Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@...il.com>
Cc: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@...il.com>,
	Kyungtae Kim <Kyungtae.Kim@...tmouth.edu>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] rtl8187: Fix potential buffer underflow in rtl8187_rx_cb()

From: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@...il.com>

The rtl8187_rx_cb() calculates the rx descriptor header address
by subtracting its size from the skb tail pointer.
However, it does not validate if the received packet
(skb->len from urb->actual_length) is large enough to contain this
header.

If a truncated packet is received, this will lead to a buffer
underflow, reading memory before the start of the skb data area,
and causing a kernel panic.

Add length checks for both rtl8187 and rtl8187b descriptor headers
before attempting to access them, dropping the packet cleanly if the
check fails.

Fixes: 6f7853f3cbe4 ("rtl8187: change rtl8187_dev.c to support RTL8187B (part 2)")
Signed-off-by: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@...il.com>
---
 v1 -> v2: Addressing feedback from Ping-Ke Shih
 v2 -> v3: Address coding style feedback from Markus Elfring

 .../wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c    | 27 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
index 0c5c66401daa..7aa2da0cd63c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
@@ -338,14 +338,16 @@ static void rtl8187_rx_cb(struct urb *urb)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rx_queue.lock, f);
 	skb_put(skb, urb->actual_length);
 
-	if (unlikely(urb->status)) {
-		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
-		return;
-	}
+	if (unlikely(urb->status))
+		goto free_skb;
 
 	if (!priv->is_rtl8187b) {
-		struct rtl8187_rx_hdr *hdr =
-			(typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr));
+		struct rtl8187_rx_hdr *hdr;
+
+		if (skb->len < sizeof(struct rtl8187_rx_hdr))
+			goto free_skb;
+
+		hdr = (typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr));
 		flags = le32_to_cpu(hdr->flags);
 		/* As with the RTL8187B below, the AGC is used to calculate
 		 * signal strength. In this case, the scaling
@@ -355,8 +357,12 @@ static void rtl8187_rx_cb(struct urb *urb)
 		rx_status.antenna = (hdr->signal >> 7) & 1;
 		rx_status.mactime = le64_to_cpu(hdr->mac_time);
 	} else {
-		struct rtl8187b_rx_hdr *hdr =
-			(typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr));
+		struct rtl8187b_rx_hdr *hdr;
+
+		if (skb->len < sizeof(struct rtl8187b_rx_hdr))
+			goto free_skb;
+
+		hdr = (typeof(hdr))(skb_tail_pointer(skb) - sizeof(*hdr));
 		/* The Realtek datasheet for the RTL8187B shows that the RX
 		 * header contains the following quantities: signal quality,
 		 * RSSI, AGC, the received power in dB, and the measured SNR.
@@ -409,6 +415,11 @@ static void rtl8187_rx_cb(struct urb *urb)
 		skb_unlink(skb, &priv->rx_queue);
 		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 	}
+	return;
+
+free_skb:
+	dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+	return;
 }
 
 static int rtl8187_init_urbs(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
-- 
2.43.0