[PATCH v1] greybus: authentication: validate CAP response payload size

From: Muhammad Bilal

Date: Mon May 04 2026 - 19:35:16 EST


cap_get_ims_certificate() and cap_authenticate() copy variable-length
response data directly into fixed-size UAPI buffers using the
untrusted op->response->payload_size value without any bounds checks.

A malicious or compromised Greybus endpoint can return an oversized
certificate or signature payload, causing a kernel heap overflow.

Fix both functions by:
- Rejecting responses shorter than sizeof(*response) with -EPROTO.
- Rejecting payloads exceeding CAP_CERTIFICATE_MAX_SIZE (1600) or
CAP_SIGNATURE_MAX_SIZE (320) with -EMSGSIZE.
- Copying only the validated size into the UAPI buffer.

Fixes: e3eda54d0b5f ("greybus: Add Component Authentication Protocol support")
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c
index 97b9937bb..103cc15d2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static int cap_get_ims_certificate(struct gb_cap *cap, u32 class, u32 id,
struct gb_cap_get_ims_certificate_request *request;
struct gb_cap_get_ims_certificate_response *response;
size_t max_size = gb_operation_get_payload_size_max(connection);
+ size_t cert_size;
struct gb_operation *op;
int ret;

@@ -131,9 +132,21 @@ static int cap_get_ims_certificate(struct gb_cap *cap, u32 class, u32 id,
}

response = op->response->payload;
+
+ if (op->response->payload_size < sizeof(*response)) {
+ ret = -EPROTO;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ cert_size = op->response->payload_size - sizeof(*response);
+ if (cert_size > CAP_CERTIFICATE_MAX_SIZE) {
+ ret = -EMSGSIZE;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
*result = response->result_code;
- *size = op->response->payload_size - sizeof(*response);
- memcpy(certificate, response->certificate, *size);
+ *size = (u32)cert_size;
+ memcpy(certificate, response->certificate, cert_size);

done:
gb_operation_put(op);
@@ -148,6 +161,7 @@ static int cap_authenticate(struct gb_cap *cap, u32 auth_type, u8 *uid,
struct gb_cap_authenticate_request *request;
struct gb_cap_authenticate_response *response;
size_t max_size = gb_operation_get_payload_size_max(connection);
+ size_t sig_size;
struct gb_operation *op;
int ret;

@@ -170,10 +184,22 @@ static int cap_authenticate(struct gb_cap *cap, u32 auth_type, u8 *uid,
}

response = op->response->payload;
+
+ if (op->response->payload_size < sizeof(*response)) {
+ ret = -EPROTO;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ sig_size = op->response->payload_size - sizeof(*response);
+ if (sig_size > CAP_SIGNATURE_MAX_SIZE) {
+ ret = -EMSGSIZE;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
*result = response->result_code;
- *signature_size = op->response->payload_size - sizeof(*response);
+ *signature_size = (u32)sig_size;
memcpy(auth_response, response->response, sizeof(response->response));
- memcpy(signature, response->signature, *signature_size);
+ memcpy(signature, response->signature, sig_size);

done:
gb_operation_put(op);
--
2.54.0