mwifiex stops working after kernel upgrade

Bug #1897299 reported by Jesse Sung
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Bug Description

== Impact ==
Marvell WiFi cards supported by the mwifiex driver may fail to connect to some access points after kernel upgrade.
This is caused by the commit

commit e18696786548244914f36ec3c46ac99c53df99c3
Author: Dan Carpenter <email address hidden>
Date: Wed Jul 8 14:58:57 2020 +0300

    mwifiex: Prevent memory corruption handling keys

    The length of the key comes from the network and it's a 16 bit number. It
    needs to be capped to prevent a buffer overflow.

    Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9a4 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver")
    Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <email address hidden>
    Acked-by: Ganapathi Bhat <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <email address hidden>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200708115857.GA13729@mwanda

The commit added a check to mwifiex_ret_802_11_key_material_v2() to make sure the key length doesn't larger than the key buffer size before copying it. The allocated key buffer is 16-byte long. In some cases the key would be 32-byte long and hence the check fails. One thing to note is that this commit is not the cause of the problem, instead it just makes the issue visible.

The commit is included in Ubuntu-4.4.0-190.220, Ubuntu-4.15.0-119.120, Ubuntu-5.4.0-48.52, and Ubuntu-5.8.0-18.19.

== Fix ==
There's already a fix in the mainline which increase the key buffer size to 32 bytes:

commit 4afc850e2e9e781976fb2c7852ce7bac374af938
Author: Maximilian Luz <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Aug 25 17:38:29 2020 +0200

    mwifiex: Increase AES key storage size to 256 bits

    Following commit e18696786548 ("mwifiex: Prevent memory corruption
    handling keys") the mwifiex driver fails to authenticate with certain
    networks, specifically networks with 256 bit keys, and repeatedly asks
    for the password. The kernel log repeats the following lines (id and
    bssid redacted):

        mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: trying to associate to '<id>' bssid <bssid>
        mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: associated to bssid <bssid> successfully
        mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: crypto keys added
        mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: successfully disconnected from <bssid>: reason code 3

    Tracking down this problem lead to the overflow check introduced by the
    aforementioned commit into mwifiex_ret_802_11_key_material_v2(). This
    check fails on networks with 256 bit keys due to the current storage
    size for AES keys in struct mwifiex_aes_param being only 128 bit.

    To fix this issue, increase the storage size for AES keys to 256 bit.

    Fixes: e18696786548 ("mwifiex: Prevent memory corruption handling keys")
    Signed-off-by: Maximilian Luz <email address hidden>
    Reported-by: Kaloyan Nikolov <email address hidden>
    Tested-by: Kaloyan Nikolov <email address hidden>
    Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <email address hidden>
    Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <email address hidden>
    Tested-by: Brian Norris <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <email address hidden>
    Link: https://<email address hidden>

== Regression Potential ==
Low. While the fix increases the buffer size, it still checks and make sure data to be copy can fit into the buffer. Also the commit does fix the issue we saw in the Cert lab.

Jesse Sung (wenchien)
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status: New → In Progress
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status: New → In Progress
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial):
assignee: nobody → Jesse Sung (wenchien)
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assignee: nobody → Jesse Sung (wenchien)
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Jesse Sung (wenchien)
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This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-done-xenial'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-failed-xenial'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 5.8.0-21.22

---------------
linux (5.8.0-21.22) groovy; urgency=medium

  * groovy/linux: 5.8.0-21.22 -proposed tracker (LP: #1898150)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - update dkms package versions

  * Fix broken e1000e device after S3 (LP: #1897755)
    - SAUCE: e1000e: Increase polling timeout on MDIC ready bit

  * EFA: add support for 0xefa1 devices (LP: #1896791)
    - RDMA/efa: Expose maximum TX doorbell batch
    - RDMA/efa: Expose minimum SQ size
    - RDMA/efa: User/kernel compatibility handshake mechanism
    - RDMA/efa: Add EFA 0xefa1 PCI ID

  * Groovy update: v5.8.13 upstream stable release (LP: #1898076)
    - device_cgroup: Fix RCU list debugging warning
    - ASoC: pcm3168a: ignore 0 Hz settings
    - ASoC: wm8994: Skip setting of the WM8994_MICBIAS register for WM1811
    - ASoC: wm8994: Ensure the device is resumed in wm89xx_mic_detect functions
    - ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Add quirk for MPMAN Converter9 2-in-1
    - clk: versatile: Add of_node_put() before return statement
    - RISC-V: Take text_mutex in ftrace_init_nop()
    - i2c: aspeed: Mask IRQ status to relevant bits
    - s390/init: add missing __init annotations
    - lockdep: fix order in trace_hardirqs_off_caller()
    - EDAC/ghes: Check whether the driver is on the safe list correctly
    - drm/amdkfd: fix a memory leak issue
    - drm/amd/display: Don't use DRM_ERROR() for DTM add topology
    - drm/amd/display: update nv1x stutter latencies
    - drm/amdgpu/dc: Require primary plane to be enabled whenever the CRTC is
    - drm/amd/display: Don't log hdcp module warnings in dmesg
    - objtool: Fix noreturn detection for ignored functions
    - i2c: mediatek: Send i2c master code at more than 1MHz
    - riscv: Fix Kendryte K210 device tree
    - ieee802154: fix one possible memleak in ca8210_dev_com_init
    - ieee802154/adf7242: check status of adf7242_read_reg
    - clocksource/drivers/h8300_timer8: Fix wrong return value in
      h8300_8timer_init()
    - batman-adv: bla: fix type misuse for backbone_gw hash indexing
    - libbpf: Fix build failure from uninitialized variable warning
    - atm: eni: fix the missed pci_disable_device() for eni_init_one()
    - batman-adv: mcast/TT: fix wrongly dropped or rerouted packets
    - netfilter: ctnetlink: add a range check for l3/l4 protonum
    - netfilter: ctnetlink: fix mark based dump filtering regression
    - netfilter: conntrack: nf_conncount_init is failing with IPv6 disabled
    - netfilter: nft_meta: use socket user_ns to retrieve skuid and skgid
    - mac802154: tx: fix use-after-free
    - bpf: Fix clobbering of r2 in bpf_gen_ld_abs
    - tools/libbpf: Avoid counting local symbols in ABI check
    - drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi: fill ASoC card owner
    - net: qed: Disable aRFS for NPAR and 100G
    - net: qede: Disable aRFS for NPAR and 100G
    - net: qed: RDMA personality shouldn't fail VF load
    - igc: Fix wrong timestamp latency numbers
    - igc: Fix not considering the TX delay for timestamps
    - drm/sun4i: sun8i-csc: Secondary CSC register correction
    - hv_netvsc: Switch the data path at the right time during hibernation
    - spi: spi-fsl-dspi:...

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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-193.224

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linux (4.4.0-193.224) xenial; urgency=medium

  * CVE-2020-16119
    - SAUCE: dccp: avoid double free of ccid on child socket

linux (4.4.0-192.222) xenial; urgency=medium

  * xenial/linux: 4.4.0-192.222 -proposed tracker (LP: #1897734)

  * mwifiex stops working after kernel upgrade (LP: #1897299)
    - mwifiex: Increase AES key storage size to 256 bits

  * xenial 4.4.0-191-generic in -proposed has a regression (LP: #1896725)
    - Revert "XEN uses irqdesc::irq_data_common::handler_data to store a per
      interrupt XEN data pointer which contains XEN specific information."

linux (4.4.0-191.221) xenial; urgency=medium

  * xenial/linux: 4.4.0-191.221 -proposed tracker (LP: #1896067)

  * Novalink (mkvterm command failure) (LP: #1892546)
    - tty: hvcs: Don't NULL tty->driver_data until hvcs_cleanup()

  * Xenial update: v4.4.236 upstream stable release (LP: #1895891)
    - HID: core: Correctly handle ReportSize being zero
    - HID: core: Sanitize event code and type when mapping input
    - perf record/stat: Explicitly call out event modifiers in the documentation
    - mm, page_alloc: remove unnecessary variable from free_pcppages_bulk
    - hwmon: (applesmc) check status earlier.
    - ceph: don't allow setlease on cephfs
    - s390: don't trace preemption in percpu macros
    - xen/xenbus: Fix granting of vmalloc'd memory
    - dmaengine: of-dma: Fix of_dma_router_xlate's of_dma_xlate handling
    - batman-adv: Avoid uninitialized chaddr when handling DHCP
    - batman-adv: bla: use netif_rx_ni when not in interrupt context
    - dmaengine: at_hdmac: check return value of of_find_device_by_node() in
      at_dma_xlate()
    - netfilter: nf_tables: incorrect enum nft_list_attributes definition
    - netfilter: nf_tables: fix destination register zeroing
    - dmaengine: pl330: Fix burst length if burst size is smaller than bus width
    - bnxt_en: Check for zero dir entries in NVRAM.
    - fix regression in "epoll: Keep a reference on files added to the check list"
    - tg3: Fix soft lockup when tg3_reset_task() fails.
    - iommu/vt-d: Serialize IOMMU GCMD register modifications
    - thermal: ti-soc-thermal: Fix bogus thermal shutdowns for omap4430
    - include/linux/log2.h: add missing () around n in roundup_pow_of_two()
    - btrfs: drop path before adding new uuid tree entry
    - btrfs: Remove redundant extent_buffer_get in get_old_root
    - btrfs: Remove extraneous extent_buffer_get from tree_mod_log_rewind
    - btrfs: set the lockdep class for log tree extent buffers
    - uaccess: Add non-pagefault user-space read functions
    - uaccess: Add non-pagefault user-space write function
    - btrfs: fix potential deadlock in the search ioctl
    - net: qmi_wwan: MDM9x30 specific power management
    - net: qmi_wwan: support "raw IP" mode
    - net: qmi_wwan: should hold RTNL while changing netdev type
    - net: qmi_wwan: ignore bogus CDC Union descriptors
    - Add Dell Wireless 5809e Gobi 4G HSPA+ Mobile Broadband Card (rev3) to
      qmi_wwan
    - qmi_wwan: Added support for Gemalto's Cinterion PHxx WWAN interface
    - qmi_wwan: add support for Quec...

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This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-done-bionic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-failed-bionic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

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This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-focal' to 'verification-done-focal'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-focal' to 'verification-failed-focal'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

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Ian May (ian-may) wrote :

Hi Jesse,

Can you verify this is resolved in

Bionic
 Ubuntu-4.15.0-125.128

Focal
 Ubuntu-5.4.0-55.61

Thanks!
Ian

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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 5.4.0-56.62

---------------
linux (5.4.0-56.62) focal; urgency=medium

  * focal/linux: 5.4.0-56.62 -proposed tracker (LP: #1905300)

  * CVE-2020-4788
    - selftests/powerpc: rfi_flush: disable entry flush if present
    - powerpc/64s: flush L1D on kernel entry
    - powerpc/64s: flush L1D after user accesses
    - selftests/powerpc: entry flush test

linux (5.4.0-55.61) focal; urgency=medium

  * focal/linux: 5.4.0-55.61 -proposed tracker (LP: #1903175)

  * Update kernel packaging to support forward porting kernels (LP: #1902957)
    - [Debian] Update for leader included in BACKPORT_SUFFIX

  * Avoid double newline when running insertchanges (LP: #1903293)
    - [Packaging] insertchanges: avoid double newline

  * EFI: Fails when BootCurrent entry does not exist (LP: #1899993)
    - efivarfs: Replace invalid slashes with exclamation marks in dentries.

  * CVE-2020-14351
    - perf/core: Fix race in the perf_mmap_close() function

  * raid10: Block discard is very slow, causing severe delays for mkfs and
    fstrim operations (LP: #1896578)
    - md: add md_submit_discard_bio() for submitting discard bio
    - md/raid10: extend r10bio devs to raid disks
    - md/raid10: pull codes that wait for blocked dev into one function
    - md/raid10: improve raid10 discard request
    - md/raid10: improve discard request for far layout
    - dm raid: fix discard limits for raid1 and raid10
    - dm raid: remove unnecessary discard limits for raid10

  * Bionic: btrfs: kernel BUG at /build/linux-
    eTBZpZ/linux-4.15.0/fs/btrfs/ctree.c:3233! (LP: #1902254)
    - btrfs: drop unnecessary offset_in_page in extent buffer helpers
    - btrfs: extent_io: do extra check for extent buffer read write functions
    - btrfs: extent-tree: kill BUG_ON() in __btrfs_free_extent()
    - btrfs: extent-tree: kill the BUG_ON() in insert_inline_extent_backref()
    - btrfs: ctree: check key order before merging tree blocks

  * Ethernet no link lights after reboot (Intel i225-v 2.5G) (LP: #1902578)
    - igc: Add PHY power management control

  * Undetected Data corruption in MPI workloads that use VSX for reductions on
    POWER9 DD2.1 systems (LP: #1902694)
    - powerpc: Fix undetected data corruption with P9N DD2.1 VSX CI load emulation
    - selftests/powerpc: Make alignment handler test P9N DD2.1 vector CI load
      workaround

  * [20.04 FEAT] Support/enhancement of NVMe IPL (LP: #1902179)
    - s390: nvme ipl
    - s390: nvme reipl
    - s390/ipl: support NVMe IPL kernel parameters

  * uvcvideo: add mapping for HEVC payloads (LP: #1895803)
    - media: uvcvideo: Add mapping for HEVC payloads

  * Focal update: v5.4.73 upstream stable release (LP: #1902115)
    - ibmveth: Switch order of ibmveth_helper calls.
    - ibmveth: Identify ingress large send packets.
    - ipv4: Restore flowi4_oif update before call to xfrm_lookup_route
    - mlx4: handle non-napi callers to napi_poll
    - net: fec: Fix phy_device lookup for phy_reset_after_clk_enable()
    - net: fec: Fix PHY init after phy_reset_after_clk_enable()
    - net: fix pos incrementment in ipv6_route_seq_next
    - net/smc: fix valid DMBE buffer sizes
    - net...

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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-126.129

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linux (4.15.0-126.129) bionic; urgency=medium

  * bionic/linux: 4.15.0-126.129 -proposed tracker (LP: #1905305)

  * CVE-2020-4788
    - SAUCE: powerpc/64s: Define MASKABLE_RELON_EXCEPTION_PSERIES_OOL
    - SAUCE: powerpc/64s: move some exception handlers out of line
    - powerpc/64s: flush L1D on kernel entry
    - SAUCE: powerpc: Add a framework for user access tracking
    - powerpc: Implement user_access_begin and friends
    - powerpc: Fix __clear_user() with KUAP enabled
    - powerpc/uaccess: Evaluate macro arguments once, before user access is
      allowed
    - powerpc/64s: flush L1D after user accesses

linux (4.15.0-125.128) bionic; urgency=medium

  * bionic/linux: 4.15.0-125.128 -proposed tracker (LP: #1903137)

  * Update kernel packaging to support forward porting kernels (LP: #1902957)
    - [Debian] Update for leader included in BACKPORT_SUFFIX

  * Avoid double newline when running insertchanges (LP: #1903293)
    - [Packaging] insertchanges: avoid double newline

  * EFI: Fails when BootCurrent entry does not exist (LP: #1899993)
    - efivarfs: Replace invalid slashes with exclamation marks in dentries.

  * CVE-2020-14351
    - perf/core: Fix race in the perf_mmap_close() function

  * raid10: Block discard is very slow, causing severe delays for mkfs and
    fstrim operations (LP: #1896578)
    - md: add md_submit_discard_bio() for submitting discard bio
    - md/raid10: extend r10bio devs to raid disks
    - md/raid10: pull codes that wait for blocked dev into one function
    - md/raid10: improve raid10 discard request
    - md/raid10: improve discard request for far layout

  * Bionic: btrfs: kernel BUG at /build/linux-
    eTBZpZ/linux-4.15.0/fs/btrfs/ctree.c:3233! (LP: #1902254)
    - btrfs: use offset_in_page instead of open-coding it
    - btrfs: use BUG() instead of BUG_ON(1)
    - btrfs: drop unnecessary offset_in_page in extent buffer helpers
    - btrfs: extent_io: do extra check for extent buffer read write functions
    - btrfs: extent-tree: kill BUG_ON() in __btrfs_free_extent()
    - btrfs: extent-tree: kill the BUG_ON() in insert_inline_extent_backref()
    - btrfs: ctree: check key order before merging tree blocks

  * Bionic update: upstream stable patchset 2020-11-04 (LP: #1902943)
    - USB: gadget: f_ncm: Fix NDP16 datagram validation
    - gpio: tc35894: fix up tc35894 interrupt configuration
    - vsock/virtio: use RCU to avoid use-after-free on the_virtio_vsock
    - vsock/virtio: stop workers during the .remove()
    - vsock/virtio: add transport parameter to the
      virtio_transport_reset_no_sock()
    - net: virtio_vsock: Enhance connection semantics
    - Input: i8042 - add nopnp quirk for Acer Aspire 5 A515
    - ftrace: Move RCU is watching check after recursion check
    - drm/amdgpu: restore proper ref count in amdgpu_display_crtc_set_config
    - drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr: Add needed_headroom for PVC devices
    - drm/sun4i: mixer: Extend regmap max_register
    - net: dec: de2104x: Increase receive ring size for Tulip
    - rndis_host: increase sleep time in the query-response loop
    - nvme-core: get/put ctrl ...

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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