[PATCH] ibmasm: fix heap over-read in ibmasm_send_i2o_message()
From: Tyllis Xu
Date: Sat Mar 14 2026 - 13:00:00 EST
The ibmasm_send_i2o_message() function uses get_dot_command_size() to
compute the byte count for memcpy_toio(), but this value is derived from
user-controlled fields in the dot_command_header (command_size: u8,
data_size: u16) and is never validated against the actual allocation size.
A root user can write a small buffer with inflated header fields, causing
memcpy_toio() to read up to ~65 KB past the end of the allocation into
adjacent kernel heap, which is then forwarded to the service processor
over MMIO.
Silently clamping the copy size is not sufficient: if the header fields
claim a larger size than the buffer, the SP receives a dot command whose
own header is inconsistent with the I2O message length, which can cause
the SP to desynchronize. Reject such commands outright by returning
failure.
Validate command_size before calling get_mfa_inbound() to avoid leaking
an I2O message frame: reading INBOUND_QUEUE_PORT dequeues a hardware
frame from the controller's free pool, and returning without a
corresponding set_mfa_inbound() call would permanently exhaust it.
Additionally, clamp command_size to I2O_COMMAND_SIZE before the
memcpy_toio() so the MMIO write stays within the I2O message frame,
consistent with the clamping already performed by outgoing_message_size()
for the header field.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tyllis Xu <LivelyCarpet87@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/ibmasm/lowlevel.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/lowlevel.c b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/lowlevel.c
index 1a59d1b8e05e..xxxxxxxxxxxx 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/lowlevel.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/lowlevel.c
@@ -19,17 +19,21 @@ static struct i2o_header header = I2O_HEADER_TEMPLATE;
int ibmasm_send_i2o_message(struct service_processor *sp)
{
u32 mfa;
- unsigned int command_size;
+ size_t command_size;
struct i2o_message *message;
struct command *command = sp->current_command;
+ command_size = get_dot_command_size(command->buffer);
+ if (command_size > command->buffer_size)
+ return 1;
+ if (command_size > I2O_COMMAND_SIZE)
+ command_size = I2O_COMMAND_SIZE;
+
mfa = get_mfa_inbound(sp->base_address);
if (!mfa)
return 1;
- command_size = get_dot_command_size(command->buffer);
- header.message_size = outgoing_message_size(command_size);
-
+ header.message_size = outgoing_message_size((unsigned int)command_size);
message = get_i2o_message(sp->base_address, mfa);
memcpy_toio(&message->header, &header, sizeof(struct i2o_header));
--
2.39.0