Re: [PATCH] ASoC: SOF: topology: validate vendor array size before parsing

From: Cássio Gabriel Monteiro Pires

Date: Wed Jun 10 2026 - 10:28:57 EST


Hi!

On 6/3/26 14:57, Cássio Gabriel wrote:
> sof_parse_token_sets() reads array->size while iterating over topology
> private data. The loop condition only checks that some data remains, so a
> malformed topology with a truncated trailing vendor array can make the
> parser read the size field before a full vendor-array header is available.
>
> Validate that the remaining private data contains a complete
> snd_soc_tplg_vendor_array header before reading array->size.
>
> The declared array size check also needs to remain signed. asize is an int,
> but sizeof(*array) has type size_t, so comparing them directly promotes
> negative asize values to unsigned and lets them pass the check,
> as reported in the stable review thread reference below.
>
> Cast sizeof(*array) to int when validating the declared array size. This
> rejects negative, zero and otherwise too-small sizes before the parser
> dispatches to the tuple-specific code.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CANiDSCsjR5NHqu_Ui5cOqWdJgFqmYsQ9WR8O7m0WOhngaYXFpw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/t/#m9b3be379221e79327cc13fd71009287368ef4f23
> Fixes: 215e5fe75881 ("ASoC: SOF: topology: reject invalid vendor array size in token parser")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Cássio Gabriel <cassiogabrielcontato@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> sound/soc/sof/topology.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
> index 8fc7726aec29..bb6b981e55d1 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
> @@ -740,10 +740,13 @@ static int sof_parse_token_sets(struct snd_soc_component *scomp,
> int ret;
>
> while (array_size > 0 && total < count * token_instance_num) {
> + if (array_size < (int)sizeof(*array))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> asize = le32_to_cpu(array->size);
>
> /* validate asize */
> - if (asize < sizeof(*array)) {
> + if (asize < (int)sizeof(*array)) {
> dev_err(scomp->dev, "error: invalid array size 0x%x\n",
> asize);
> return -EINVAL;
>

Gentle ping on that fix.
Sorry for the noise.

--
Thanks,
Cássio

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