Re: [PATCH v7] nfc: hci: fix out-of-bounds read in HCP header parsing

On Tue, May 05, 2026 at 05:07:12PM +0000, Ashutosh Desai wrote:

Both nfc_hci_recv_from_llc() and nci_hci_data_received_cb() read
packet->header from skb->data at function entry without first checking
that the buffer holds at least one byte. A malicious NFC peer can send
a 0-byte HCP frame that passes through the SHDLC layer and reaches
these functions, causing an out-of-bounds heap read of packet->header.
The same 0-byte frame, if queued as a non-final fragment, also causes
the reassembly loop to underflow msg_len to UINT_MAX, triggering
skb_over_panic() when the reassembled skb is written.

Fix this by adding a pskb_may_pull() check at the entry of each
function before packet->header is first accessed. The existing
pskb_may_pull() checks before the reassembled hcp_skb is cast to
struct hcp_packet remain in place to guard the 2-byte HCP message
header.

Fixes: 8b8d2e08bf0d ("NFC: HCI support")
Fixes: 11f54f228643 ("NFC: nci: Add HCI over NCI protocol support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai <redacted>

FTR: There is an AI-generated review of this patch available on sashiko.dev.
It seems to me that all of the issues flagged there are pre-existing and
need not impede progress of this patch.