[PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: Fix __counted_by to be LE variant

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Jul 21 2025 - 14:18:26 EST


In brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx() the "len" counter of the struct
brcmf_mf_params_le::data flexible array is stored as little-endian via
cpu_to_le16() so the __counted_by_le() variant must be used:

struct brcmf_mf_params_le *mf_params;
...
mf_params_len = offsetof(struct brcmf_mf_params_le, data) +
(len - DOT11_MGMT_HDR_LEN);
mf_params = kzalloc(mf_params_len, GFP_KERNEL);
...
mf_params->len = cpu_to_le16(len - DOT11_MGMT_HDR_LEN);

Fixes: 66f909308a7c ("wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: support external SAE authentication in station mode")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chung-Hsien Hsu <chung-hsien.hsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Prestwood <prestwoj@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ting-Ying Li <tingying.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <brcm80211@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
index 08c69142495a..669564382e32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/fwil_types.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct brcmf_mf_params_le {
u8 da[ETH_ALEN];
u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
__le32 packet_id;
- u8 data[] __counted_by(len);
+ u8 data[] __counted_by_le(len);
};

#endif /* CYW_FWIL_TYPES_H_ */
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2.34.1