[PATCH 0/2] RSN: Validate GTK KDE lengths before msg 4/4

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Wed May 20 02:20:52 PDT 2026


On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 09:15:56PM +0800, Chung-Hsien Hsu wrote:
> Validate GTK KDE lengths in EAPOL-Key message 3/4 before transmitting
> message 4/4.
> 
> The GTK KDE length is already checked when processing the GTK for
> installation. However, that validation is reached only after message 4/4
> has been transmitted. This allows a malformed message 3/4 with an
> invalid GTK KDE length to be acknowledged even though the supplicant
> later rejects the GTK and fails the handshake.
> 
> This series splits the early validation into non-MLO and MLO changes.
> 
> Chung-Hsien Hsu (2):
>   RSN: Reject invalid GTK KDE length in msg 3/4
>   RSN: Reject invalid MLO GTK KDE length in msg 3/4

Thanks, applied with some cleanup.
 
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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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