[PATCH] wifi: ath11k: fix potential buffer underflow in ath11k_hal_rx_msdu_list_get()

Dmitry Morgun d.morgun at ispras.ru
Sat May 30 04:42:52 PDT 2026


When the first entry in msdu_details has a zero buffer address,
the code accesses msdu_details[i - 1] with i == 0, causing a
buffer underflow.

Fix similarly to ath12k_wifi7_hal_rx_msdu_list_get() by adding
a separate check for i == 0 before the main condition to prevent
the out-of-bounds access.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices")
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Morgun <d.morgun at ispras.ru>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
index 2a413e3a0..c9f520c2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
@@ -4565,6 +4565,9 @@ static void ath11k_hal_rx_msdu_list_get(struct ath11k *ar,
 	msdu_details = &msdu_link->msdu_link[0];
 
 	for (i = 0; i < HAL_RX_NUM_MSDU_DESC; i++) {
+		if (!i && FIELD_GET(BUFFER_ADDR_INFO0_ADDR,
+				    msdu_details[i].buf_addr_info.info0) == 0)
+			break;
 		if (FIELD_GET(BUFFER_ADDR_INFO0_ADDR,
 			      msdu_details[i].buf_addr_info.info0) == 0) {
 			msdu_desc_info = &msdu_details[i - 1].rx_msdu_info;
-- 
2.34.1




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