[PATCH v3 1/2] lib/ts_bm: fix integer overflow in pattern length calculation
From: Josh Law
Date: Sun Mar 08 2026 - 16:20:39 EST
From: Josh Law <objecting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Changes in v3:
- move overflow checks before the arithmetic they guard
- add comments explaining the zero-length and size-overflow cases
- use check_mul_overflow() and check_add_overflow() from overflow.h
The ts_bm algorithm stores its good_shift[] table and pattern in a
single allocation sized from the pattern length. If the good_shift[]
size calculation wraps, the resulting allocation can be too small and
subsequent pattern copies can overflow it.
Fix this by rejecting zero-length patterns and by using overflow
helpers before calculating the combined allocation size.
Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/ts_bm.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/ts_bm.c b/lib/ts_bm.c
index eed5967238c5..676105e84005 100644
--- a/lib/ts_bm.c
+++ b/lib/ts_bm.c
@@ -163,8 +163,22 @@ static struct ts_config *bm_init(const void *pattern, unsigned int len,
struct ts_config *conf;
struct ts_bm *bm;
int i;
- unsigned int prefix_tbl_len = len * sizeof(unsigned int);
- size_t priv_size = sizeof(*bm) + len + prefix_tbl_len;
+ unsigned int prefix_tbl_len;
+ size_t priv_size;
+
+ /* Zero-length patterns would underflow bm_find()'s initial shift. */
+ if (unlikely(!len))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ /*
+ * bm->pattern is stored immediately after the good_shift[] table.
+ * Reject lengths that would wrap while sizing either region.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(check_mul_overflow(len, sizeof(*bm->good_shift),
+ &prefix_tbl_len) ||
+ check_add_overflow(sizeof(*bm), (size_t)len, &priv_size) ||
+ check_add_overflow(priv_size, prefix_tbl_len, &priv_size)))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
conf = alloc_ts_config(priv_size, gfp_mask);
if (IS_ERR(conf))
--
2.43.0