Re: [PATCH] iio: proximity: aw96103: validate firmware data length

From: Jonathan Cameron

Date: Sun Aug 02 2026 - 14:21:45 EST


On Sun, 2 Aug 2026 01:22:00 +0545
Laxman Acharya Padhya <acharyalaxman8848@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The firmware parser reads a length from the binary header and then uses
> it to walk six-byte register/value entries. A truncated firmware image
> can make the parser read beyond the copied firmware buffer. A value
> smaller than the four-byte count field also underflows, producing a very
> large length.
>
> Read the little-endian field with get_unaligned_le32(), as previously
> proposed by David Lechner. Validate the header size, reject an
> underflowed length, ensure the resulting payload is contained in the
> firmware image, and require it to contain whole register/value entries.
>
> Fixes: 07b241262dca ("iio: proximity: aw96103: Add support for aw96103/aw96105 proximity sensor")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260314-iio-proximity-aw96103-fix-firmware-read-v1-1-c74fe9ccd82b@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Laxman Acharya Padhya <acharyalaxman8848@xxxxxxxxx>
Looks fine to me, but I'll leave it on list a little while so others
have time to take a look, ideally including Shuaijie Wang

Thanks

Jonathan

> ---
> drivers/iio/proximity/aw96103.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/aw96103.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/aw96103.c
> index 8fbb755dc..8352d51e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/proximity/aw96103.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/aw96103.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
> #define AW96103_BIN_VALID_DATA_OFFSET 64
> #define AW96103_BIN_DATA_LEN_OFFSET 16
> #define AW96103_BIN_DATA_REG_NUM_SIZE 4
> +#define AW96103_BIN_REG_SIZE 6
> #define AW96103_BIN_CHIP_TYPE_SIZE 8
> #define AW96103_BIN_CHIP_TYPE_OFFSET 24
>
> @@ -229,14 +230,27 @@ static const struct aw_chip_info aw_chip_info_tbl[] = {
> },
> };
>
> -static void aw96103_parsing_bin_file(struct aw_bin *bin)
> +static int aw96103_parsing_bin_file(struct aw_bin *bin)
> {
> + u32 data_len;
> +
> + if (bin->len < AW96103_BIN_VALID_DATA_OFFSET)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + data_len = get_unaligned_le32(bin->data + AW96103_BIN_DATA_LEN_OFFSET);
> + if (data_len < AW96103_BIN_DATA_REG_NUM_SIZE)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + bin->valid_data_len = data_len - AW96103_BIN_DATA_REG_NUM_SIZE;
> + if (bin->valid_data_len > bin->len - AW96103_BIN_VALID_DATA_OFFSET ||
> + bin->valid_data_len % AW96103_BIN_REG_SIZE)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> bin->valid_data_addr = AW96103_BIN_VALID_DATA_OFFSET;
> - bin->valid_data_len =
> - *(unsigned int *)(bin->data + AW96103_BIN_DATA_LEN_OFFSET) -
> - AW96103_BIN_DATA_REG_NUM_SIZE;
> memcpy(bin->chip_type, bin->data + AW96103_BIN_CHIP_TYPE_OFFSET,
> AW96103_BIN_CHIP_TYPE_SIZE);
> +
> + return 0;
> }
>
> static const struct regmap_config aw96103_regmap_confg = {
> @@ -500,7 +514,7 @@ static int aw96103_bin_valid_loaded(struct aw96103 *aw96103,
> int ret;
>
> for (i = 0; i < aw_bin_data_s->valid_data_len;
> - i += 6, start_addr += 6) {
> + i += AW96103_BIN_REG_SIZE, start_addr += AW96103_BIN_REG_SIZE) {
> reg_addr = get_unaligned_le16(aw_bin_data_s->data + start_addr);
> reg_data = get_unaligned_le32(aw_bin_data_s->data +
> start_addr + 2);
> @@ -550,6 +564,8 @@ static int aw96103_para_loaded(struct aw96103 *aw96103)
> static int aw96103_cfg_all_loaded(const struct firmware *cont,
> struct aw96103 *aw96103)
> {
> + int ret;
> +
> if (!cont)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> @@ -561,7 +577,9 @@ static int aw96103_cfg_all_loaded(const struct firmware *cont,
> aw_bin->len = cont->size;
> memcpy(aw_bin->data, cont->data, cont->size);
> release_firmware(cont);
> - aw96103_parsing_bin_file(aw_bin);
> + ret = aw96103_parsing_bin_file(aw_bin);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
>
> return aw96103_bin_valid_loaded(aw96103, aw_bin);
> }