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staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse()grafted
rtw_action_frame_parse() takes a frame_len parameter but never actually checks it before indexing into the frame body: const u8 *frame_body = frame + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr); ... c = frame_body[0]; ... a = frame_body[1]; frame_body already points 24 bytes (sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr)) into frame, so reading frame_body[0] and frame_body[1] requires frame_len >= 26. A management action frame shorter than that (e.g. exactly 24 bytes, the minimum a malicious peer can send) causes a 1-2 byte out-of-bounds read. This is reachable from rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() and cfg80211_rtw_mgmt_tx() in ioctl_cfg80211.c, both of which pass attacker/user-influenced frame buffers and lengths straight through. Add the missing length check before frame_body is dereferenced. Fixes: 554c0a3abf216 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260728125456.32359-3-meatuni001@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+=================================
+WBRF - Wifi Band RFI Mitigations
+=================================
+
+Due to electrical and mechanical constraints in certain platform designs
+there may be likely interference of relatively high-powered harmonics of
+the GPU memory clocks with local radio module frequency bands used by
+certain Wifi bands.
+
+To mitigate possible RFI interference producers can advertise the
+frequencies in use and consumers can use this information to avoid using
+these frequencies for sensitive features.
+
+When a platform is known to have this issue with any contained devices,
+the platform designer will advertise the availability of this feature via
+ACPI devices with a device specific method (_DSM).
+* Producers with this _DSM will be able to advertise the frequencies in use.
+* Consumers with this _DSM will be able to register for notifications of
+frequencies in use.
+
+Some general terms
+==================
+
+Producer: such component who can produce high-powered radio frequency
+Consumer: such component who can adjust its in-use frequency in
+response to the radio frequencies of other components to mitigate the
+possible RFI.
+
+To make the mechanism function, those producers should notify active use
+of their particular frequencies so that other consumers can make relative
+internal adjustments as necessary to avoid this resonance.
+
+ACPI interface
+==============
+
+Although initially used by for wifi + dGPU use cases, the ACPI interface
+can be scaled to any type of device that a platform designer discovers
+can cause interference.
+
+The GUID used for the _DSM is 7B7656CF-DC3D-4C1C-83E9-66E721DE3070.
+
+3 functions are available in this _DSM:
+
+* 0: discover # of functions available
+* 1: record RF bands in use
+* 2: retrieve RF bands in use
+
+Driver programming interface
+============================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/platform/x86/amd/wbrf.c
+
+Sample Usage
+=============
+
+The expected flow for the producers:
+1. During probe, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_supported_producer` to check if WBRF
+can be enabled for the device.
+2. On using some frequency band, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_add_remove` with 'add'
+param to get other consumers properly notified.
+3. Or on stopping using some frequency band, call
+`acpi_amd_wbrf_add_remove` with 'remove' param to get other consumers notified.
+
+The expected flow for the consumers:
+1. During probe, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_supported_consumer` to check if WBRF
+can be enabled for the device.
+2. Call `amd_wbrf_register_notifier` to register for notification
+of frequency band change(add or remove) from other producers.
+3. Call the `amd_wbrf_retrieve_freq_band` initially to retrieve
+current active frequency bands considering some producers may broadcast
+such information before the consumer is up.
+4. On receiving a notification for frequency band change, run
+`amd_wbrf_retrieve_freq_band` again to retrieve the latest
+active frequency bands.
+5. During driver cleanup, call `amd_wbrf_unregister_notifier` to
+unregister the notifier.