[RESEND PATCH] ALSA: control: Validate buf_len before strnlen() in snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names()
From: Ziqing Chen
Date: Tue Apr 14 2026 - 09:04:46 EST
snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names() advances pointer p through the names
buffer while decrementing buf_len. If buf_len reaches zero but items
remain, the next iteration calls strnlen(p, 0).
While strnlen(p, 0) returns 0 and would hit the existing name_len == 0
error path, CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE's fortified strnlen() first checks
maxlen against __builtin_dynamic_object_size(). When Clang loses track
of p's object size inside the loop, this triggers a BRK exception panic
before the return value is examined.
Add a buf_len == 0 guard at the loop entry to prevent calling fortified
strnlen() on an exhausted buffer.
Found by kernel fuzz testing through Xiaomi Smartphone.
Fixes: 8d448162bda5 ("ALSA: control: add support for ENUMERATED user space controls")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ziqing Chen <chenziqing@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/core/control.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sound/core/control.c b/sound/core/control.c
index 0ddade871b52..6ceb5f977fcd 100644
--- a/sound/core/control.c
+++ b/sound/core/control.c
@@ -1574,6 +1574,10 @@ static int snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names(struct user_element *ue)
/* check that there are enough valid names */
p = names;
for (i = 0; i < ue->info.value.enumerated.items; ++i) {
+ if (buf_len == 0) {
+ kvfree(names);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
name_len = strnlen(p, buf_len);
if (name_len == 0 || name_len >= 64 || name_len == buf_len) {
kvfree(names);
--
2.52.0