Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mfd: qnap-mcu: keep the reply buffer alive past a command timeout
qnap_mcu_exec() publishes an on-stack buffer to the receive path:
unsigned char rx[QNAP_MCU_RX_BUFFER_SIZE];
...
reply->data = rx;
reply->length = length;
and qnap_mcu_receive_buf() writes into it from the serdev receive path,
which runs out of flush_to_ldisc() and is not serialized against
qnap_mcu_exec() at all. bus_lock cannot cover it, because qnap_mcu_exec()
holds that mutex across wait_for_completion_timeout().
On a timeout qnap_mcu_exec() returns with reply->data still pointing at
its own frame. A reply that arrives late, or an unsolicited message from
the MCU, is then written into a stack frame that has been left, corrupting
whatever runs next on that stack. The same applies when qnap_mcu_write()
fails, since that path returns without touching the reply state either.
Move the receive buffer into struct qnap_mcu. It is 37 bytes and the
structure is devm_kzalloc()ed, so it lives as long as the driver, and a
late write lands in memory that is still valid and is reinitialized by the
next command. bus_lock keeps commands from sharing it.
This deliberately does not clear reply->data or reply->length on the
timeout path. Doing so races with qnap_mcu_receive_buf(), which reads both
after its
if (!reply->length)
return size;
check: clearing reply->data gives a NULL dereference, and clearing
reply->length alone removes the reply->received == reply->length exit
condition, so the copy loop runs until the uart chunk is consumed and
overruns the buffer. Leaving both set keeps the write bounded by
reply->length, which qnap_mcu_exec() has already checked against
sizeof(mcu->rx).
mfd: qnap-mcu: keep the reply buffer alive past a command timeout
qnap_mcu_exec() publishes an on-stack buffer to the receive path:
unsigned char rx[QNAP_MCU_RX_BUFFER_SIZE];
...
reply->data = rx;
reply->length = length;
and qnap_mcu_receive_buf() writes into it from the serdev receive path,
which runs out of flush_to_ldisc() and is not serialized against
qnap_mcu_exec() at all. bus_lock cannot cover it, because qnap_mcu_exec()
holds that mutex across wait_for_completion_timeout().
On a timeout qnap_mcu_exec() returns with reply->data still pointing at
its own frame. A reply that arrives late, or an unsolicited message from
the MCU, is then written into a stack frame that has been left, corrupting
whatever runs next on that stack. The same applies when qnap_mcu_write()
fails, since that path returns without touching the reply state either.
Move the receive buffer into struct qnap_mcu. It is 37 bytes and the
structure is devm_kzalloc()ed, so it lives as long as the driver, and a
late write lands in memory that is still valid and is reinitialized by the
next command. bus_lock keeps commands from sharing it.
This deliberately does not clear reply->data or reply->length on the
timeout path. Doing so races with qnap_mcu_receive_buf(), which reads both
after its
if (!reply->length)
return size;
check: clearing reply->data gives a NULL dereference, and clearing
reply->length alone removes the reply->received == reply->length exit
condition, so the copy loop runs until the uart chunk is consumed and
overruns the buffer. Leaving both set keeps the write bounded by
reply->length, which qnap_mcu_exec() has already checked against
sizeof(mcu->rx).
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History
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-562 | |
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: qnap-mcu: keep the reply buffer alive past a command timeout qnap_mcu_exec() publishes an on-stack buffer to the receive path: unsigned char rx[QNAP_MCU_RX_BUFFER_SIZE]; ... reply->data = rx; reply->length = length; and qnap_mcu_receive_buf() writes into it from the serdev receive path, which runs out of flush_to_ldisc() and is not serialized against qnap_mcu_exec() at all. bus_lock cannot cover it, because qnap_mcu_exec() holds that mutex across wait_for_completion_timeout(). On a timeout qnap_mcu_exec() returns with reply->data still pointing at its own frame. A reply that arrives late, or an unsolicited message from the MCU, is then written into a stack frame that has been left, corrupting whatever runs next on that stack. The same applies when qnap_mcu_write() fails, since that path returns without touching the reply state either. Move the receive buffer into struct qnap_mcu. It is 37 bytes and the structure is devm_kzalloc()ed, so it lives as long as the driver, and a late write lands in memory that is still valid and is reinitialized by the next command. bus_lock keeps commands from sharing it. This deliberately does not clear reply->data or reply->length on the timeout path. Doing so races with qnap_mcu_receive_buf(), which reads both after its if (!reply->length) return size; check: clearing reply->data gives a NULL dereference, and clearing reply->length alone removes the reply->received == reply->length exit condition, so the copy loop runs until the uart chunk is consumed and overruns the buffer. Leaving both set keeps the write bounded by reply->length, which qnap_mcu_exec() has already checked against sizeof(mcu->rx). | |
| Title | mfd: qnap-mcu: keep the reply buffer alive past a command timeout | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:42:37.086Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.810Z
Link: CVE-2026-80975
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:03.763
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:03.763
Link: CVE-2026-80975
Redhat
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