Re: [PATCH 7/7] media: cedrus: validate HEVC slice reference lists

From: Jernej Škrabec

Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 04:05:10 EST


Dne ponedeljek, 23. marec 2026 ob 08:03:14 Srednjeevropski standardni čas je Pengpeng Hou napisal(a):
> Cedrus consumes HEVC slice parameters directly from stateless V4L2
> controls, but it does not validate the active reference counts or the
> ref_idx_l0/ref_idx_l1 values before using them in fixed-size 16-entry
> reference arrays. Oversized counts or indices can therefore walk past
> the end of those arrays in the HEVC decode path.
>
> Reject HEVC slice controls whose active reference counts or reference
> indices exceed V4L2_HEVC_DPB_ENTRIES_NUM_MAX.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>

There is nothing Cedrus specific here. Why not move it to common code?

Best regards,
Jernej

> ---
> drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
> index 6600245dff0e..d68da1eaa7aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
> @@ -77,6 +77,28 @@ static int cedrus_try_ctrl(struct v4l2_ctrl *ctrl)
> ctx->bit_depth = bit_depth;
> cedrus_reset_cap_format(ctx);
> }
> + } else if (ctrl->id == V4L2_CID_STATELESS_HEVC_SLICE_PARAMS) {
> + const struct v4l2_ctrl_hevc_slice_params *slice = ctrl->p_new.p_hevc_slice_params;
> + unsigned int i;
> +
> + if (slice->num_ref_idx_l0_active_minus1 >=
> + V4L2_HEVC_DPB_ENTRIES_NUM_MAX)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i <= slice->num_ref_idx_l0_active_minus1; i++)
> + if (slice->ref_idx_l0[i] >= V4L2_HEVC_DPB_ENTRIES_NUM_MAX)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (slice->slice_type == V4L2_HEVC_SLICE_TYPE_B) {
> + if (slice->num_ref_idx_l1_active_minus1 >=
> + V4L2_HEVC_DPB_ENTRIES_NUM_MAX)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i <= slice->num_ref_idx_l1_active_minus1; i++)
> + if (slice->ref_idx_l1[i] >=
> + V4L2_HEVC_DPB_ENTRIES_NUM_MAX)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> }
>
> return 0;
>