Re: fbconsole needs more parameter validations.

[Tetsuo Handa]

On 2020/07/11 15:16, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> On 2020/07/10 19:56, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> Where is the over/underflow happening here when we set a size to be so
>> small?  We should bound the size somewhere, and as you show, that's not
>> really working properly, right?
> 
> It is bit_clear_margins() where integer underflow is happening (4294966497 == 1 - 100 * 8),
> but the cause of this problem seems to be fbcon_startup() or vc_do_resize().
> 

A possible cause is that vc_resize(vc, 0, 0) fails to set vc->vc_cols == vc->vc_rows == 0
because of

  new_cols = (cols ? cols : vc->vc_cols);
  new_rows = (lines ? lines : vc->vc_rows);

exception. I don't know how user program referenced as

  /*
   * Change # of rows and columns (0 means unchanged/the size of fg_console)
   * [this is to be used together with some user program
   * like resize that changes the hardware videomode]
   */
  #define VC_RESIZE_MAXCOL (32767)
  #define VC_RESIZE_MAXROW (32767)

is utilizing this exception (this code predates the git repository). But since I
don't think that a console with 0 column and/or 0 row makes sense, the real root
cause might be that fb_set_var() fails to reject too small var.xres value for
keeping cols > 0 and too small var.yres value for keeping lines > 0.

Regardless, making "struct fbcon_ops"->clear_margins no-op when integer underflow
is detected (like below diff) helps avoiding crash. Can we apply this handy
protection assuming that vc->vc_cols * vc->vc_font.width and
vc->vc_rows * vc->vc_font.heigh do not cause integer overflow?

 drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c   |    4 ++--
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c |    4 ++--
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c  |    4 ++--
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c  |    4 ++--
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
index ca935c09a261..35ebeeccde4d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static void bit_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 	region.color = color;
 	region.rop = ROP_COPY;
 
-	if (rw && !bottom_only) {
+	if ((int) rw > 0 && !bottom_only) {
 		region.dx = info->var.xoffset + rs;
 		region.dy = 0;
 		region.width = rw;
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static void bit_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 		info->fbops->fb_fillrect(info, &region);
 	}
 
-	if (bh) {
+	if ((int) bh > 0) {
 		region.dx = info->var.xoffset;
 		region.dy = info->var.yoffset + bs;
 		region.width = rs;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c
index dfa9a8aa4509..78f3a5621478 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static void ccw_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 	region.color = color;
 	region.rop = ROP_COPY;
 
-	if (rw && !bottom_only) {
+	if ((int) rw > 0 && !bottom_only) {
 		region.dx = 0;
 		region.dy = info->var.yoffset;
 		region.height = rw;
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static void ccw_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 		info->fbops->fb_fillrect(info, &region);
 	}
 
-	if (bh) {
+	if ((int) bh > 0) {
 		region.dx = info->var.xoffset + bs;
 		region.dy = 0;
                 region.height = info->var.yres_virtual;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c
index ce08251bfd38..fd098ff17574 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void cw_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 	region.color = color;
 	region.rop = ROP_COPY;
 
-	if (rw && !bottom_only) {
+	if ((int) rw > 0 && !bottom_only) {
 		region.dx = 0;
 		region.dy = info->var.yoffset + rs;
 		region.height = rw;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static void cw_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 		info->fbops->fb_fillrect(info, &region);
 	}
 
-	if (bh) {
+	if ((int) bh > 0) {
 		region.dx = info->var.xoffset;
 		region.dy = info->var.yoffset;
                 region.height = info->var.yres;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c
index 1936afc78fec..e165a3fad29a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void ud_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 	region.color = color;
 	region.rop = ROP_COPY;
 
-	if (rw && !bottom_only) {
+	if ((int) rw > 0 && !bottom_only) {
 		region.dy = 0;
 		region.dx = info->var.xoffset;
 		region.width  = rw;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static void ud_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 		info->fbops->fb_fillrect(info, &region);
 	}
 
-	if (bh) {
+	if ((int) bh > 0) {
 		region.dy = info->var.yoffset;
 		region.dx = info->var.xoffset;
                 region.height  = bh;