linux-hardening - [PATCH v2 1/3] wifi: mwifiex: Fix tlv_buf

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:06:51 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxm@...vell.com>, Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] wifi: mwifiex: Fix tlv_buf_left calculation

In a TLV encoding scheme, the Length part represents the length after
the header containing the values for type and length. In this case,
`tlv_len` should be:

tlv_len == (sizeof(*tlv_rxba) - 1) - sizeof(tlv_rxba->header) + tlv_bitmap_len

Notice that the `- 1` accounts for the one-element array `bitmap`, which
1-byte size is already included in `sizeof(*tlv_rxba)`.

So, if the above is correct, there is a double-counting of some members
in `struct mwifiex_ie_types_rxba_sync`, when `tlv_buf_left` and `tmp`
are calculated:

968                 tlv_buf_left -= (sizeof(*tlv_rxba) + tlv_len);
969                 tmp = (u8 *)tlv_rxba + tlv_len + sizeof(*tlv_rxba);

in specific, members:

drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/fw.h:777
 777         u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
 778         u8 tid;
 779         u8 reserved;
 780         __le16 seq_num;
 781         __le16 bitmap_len;

This is clearly wrong, and affects the subsequent decoding of data in
`event_buf` through `tlv_rxba`:

970                 tlv_rxba = (struct mwifiex_ie_types_rxba_sync *)tmp;

Fix this by using `sizeof(tlv_rxba->header)` instead of `sizeof(*tlv_rxba)`
in the calculation of `tlv_buf_left` and `tmp`.

This results in the following binary differences before/after changes:

| drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.o
| @@ -4698,11 +4698,11 @@
|  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c:968
|                 tlv_buf_left -= (sizeof(tlv_rxba->header) + tlv_len);
| -    1da7:      lea    -0x11(%rbx),%edx
| +    1da7:      lea    -0x4(%rbx),%edx
|      1daa:      movzwl %bp,%eax
|  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c:969
|                 tmp = (u8 *)tlv_rxba  + sizeof(tlv_rxba->header) + tlv_len;
| -    1dad:      lea    0x11(%r15,%rbp,1),%r15
| +    1dad:      lea    0x4(%r15,%rbp,1),%r15

The above reflects the desired change: avoid counting 13 too many bytes;
which is the total size of the double-counted members in
`struct mwifiex_ie_types_rxba_sync`:

$ pahole -C mwifiex_ie_types_rxba_sync drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.o
struct mwifiex_ie_types_rxba_sync {
	struct mwifiex_ie_types_header header;           /*     0     4 */

     |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |  u8                         mac[6];               /*     4     6 */  |
     |	u8                         tid;                  /*    10     1 */  |
     |  u8                         reserved;             /*    11     1 */  |
     | 	__le16                     seq_num;              /*    12     2 */  |
     | 	__le16                     bitmap_len;           /*    14     2 */  |
     |  u8                         bitmap[1];            /*    16     1 */  |
     |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
								  | 13 bytes|
								  -----------

	/* size: 17, cachelines: 1, members: 7 */
	/* last cacheline: 17 bytes */
} __attribute__((__packed__));

Fixes: 99ffe72cdae4 ("mwifiex: process rxba_sync event")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
---
Changes in v2:
 - Fix typo in changelog text: s/too bytes/too many bytes
 - Update binary diff snapshot in changelog text.

v1:
 - Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/698dc480d939e3ae490140db5c2f36eb84093594.1692829410.git.gustavoars@kernel.org/

 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
index 391793a16adc..d1d3632a3ed7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
@@ -965,8 +965,8 @@ void mwifiex_11n_rxba_sync_event(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 			}
 		}
 
-		tlv_buf_left -= (sizeof(*tlv_rxba) + tlv_len);
-		tmp = (u8 *)tlv_rxba + tlv_len + sizeof(*tlv_rxba);
+		tlv_buf_left -= (sizeof(tlv_rxba->header) + tlv_len);
+		tmp = (u8 *)tlv_rxba  + sizeof(tlv_rxba->header) + tlv_len;
 		tlv_rxba = (struct mwifiex_ie_types_rxba_sync *)tmp;
 	}
 }
-- 
2.34.1