Re: [PATCH] media: dw2102: fix OOB read on firmware size not a multiple of 64
From: Vasileios Almpanis
Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 04:47:00 EST
On 8/6/26 7:47 PM, Vasileios Almpanis wrote:
dw2102_load_firmware() copies the firmware into a buffer of exactlyI sent this patch to syzbot for testing and it reported success.
fw->size bytes, then walks it in 0x40-byte steps while always passing
0x40 as the transfer length. When fw->size is not a multiple of 64 the
last chunk reads past the end of the allocation producing the following
splat:
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dw3101.fw'
dw2102: start downloading DW210X firmware
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in dw210x_op_rw+0xb6/0x180 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c:102
Read of size 64 at addr ffff88802bcf2ba0 by task kworker/1:2/803
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200
__asan_memcpy+0x29/0x70 mm/kasan/shadow.c:105
dw210x_op_rw+0xb6/0x180 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c:102
dw2102_load_firmware+0x2b4/0x970 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c:1906
Fix this by clamping the last chunk to the remaining bytes;
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f408eac9faa61d5a1927
Tested-by: syzbot+f408eac9faa61d5a1927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: syzbot+f408eac9faa61d5a1927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f408eac9faa61d5a1927
Fixes: 7fd4828f6cc5 ("V4L/DVB (8421): Adds support for Dvbworld DVB-S 2102 USB card")
Signed-off-by: Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c
index 4fecf2f965e9..4e26e1776977 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c
@@ -1902,9 +1902,11 @@ static int dw2102_load_firmware(struct usb_device *dev,
if (p) {
memcpy(p, fw->data, fw->size);
for (i = 0; i < fw->size; i += 0x40) {
+ int len = min_t(size_t, fw->size - i, 0x40);
+
b = (u8 *)p + i;
- if (dw210x_op_rw(dev, 0xa0, i, 0, b, 0x40,
- DW210X_WRITE_MSG) != 0x40) {
+ if (dw210x_op_rw(dev, 0xa0, i, 0, b, len,
+ DW210X_WRITE_MSG) != len) {
err("error while transferring firmware");
ret = -EINVAL;
break;
---
base-commit: fcaeecb8b0cd44f77d03b28de0671258d4db18f8
change-id: 20260806-dvb-307714ff6225
Best regards,
--
Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@xxxxxxxxx>