[PATCH v4] Bluetooth: btmtk: validate WMT event SKB length before struct access

[Tristan Madani]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> Can't we just use skb_pull_data instead?

Good call -- much cleaner. v4 below uses skb_pull_data for the initial
struct access and a follow-up pull for the FUNC_CTRL status field.

skb_pull_data(evt_skb, sizeof(*wmt_evt)) validates + returns a pointer
to the 7-byte wmt_evt before advancing. For the FUNC_CTRL case, we
pull the extra sizeof(__be16) to validate the status field is present,
and read it via the original wmt_evt pointer cast to wmt_evt_funcc
(which embeds wmt_evt as its first member).

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From: Tristan Madani <tristan at talencesecurity.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4] Bluetooth: btmtk: validate WMT event SKB length before struct access

btmtk_usb_hci_wmt_sync() casts the WMT event response SKB data to
struct btmtk_hci_wmt_evt (7 bytes) and struct btmtk_hci_wmt_evt_funcc
(9 bytes) without first checking that the SKB contains enough data.
A short firmware response causes out-of-bounds reads from SKB tailroom.

Use skb_pull_data() to validate and advance past the base WMT event
header. For the FUNC_CTRL case, pull the additional status field bytes
before accessing them.

Fixes: d019930b0049 ("Bluetooth: btmtk: move btusb_mtk_hci_wmt_sync to btmtk.c")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan at talencesecurity.com>
---
Changes in v4:
  - Use skb_pull_data() instead of manual length checks, per
    Luiz Augusto von Dentz.

 drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c
index 6fb6ca274..XXXXXXX 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c
@@ -695,8 +695,13 @@ static int btmtk_usb_hci_wmt_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 	if (data->evt_skb == NULL)
 		goto err_free_wc;

-	/* Parse and handle the return WMT event */
-	wmt_evt = (struct btmtk_hci_wmt_evt *)data->evt_skb->data;
+	wmt_evt = skb_pull_data(data->evt_skb, sizeof(*wmt_evt));
+	if (!wmt_evt) {
+		bt_dev_err(hdev, "WMT event too short (%u bytes)",
+			   data->evt_skb->len);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_free_skb;
+	}
+
 	if (wmt_evt->whdr.op != hdr->op) {
 		bt_dev_err(hdev, "Wrong op received %d expected %d",
 			   wmt_evt->whdr.op, hdr->op);
@@ -712,7 +717,13 @@ static int btmtk_usb_hci_wmt_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 		status = BTMTK_WMT_PATCH_DONE;
 		break;
 	case BTMTK_WMT_FUNC_CTRL:
-		wmt_evt_funcc = (struct btmtk_hci_wmt_evt_funcc *)wmt_evt;
+		if (!skb_pull_data(data->evt_skb,
+				   sizeof(wmt_evt_funcc->status))) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_free_skb;
+		}
+
+		wmt_evt_funcc = (struct btmtk_hci_wmt_evt_funcc *)wmt_evt;
 		if (be16_to_cpu(wmt_evt_funcc->status) == 0x404)
 			status = BTMTK_WMT_ON_DONE;
 		else if (be16_to_cpu(wmt_evt_funcc->status) == 0x420)
--
2.47.3