[PATCH v2] usb: typec: ucsi: ccg: Validate altmode index in GET_CURRENT_CAM response

From: pip-izony

Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 17:57:08 EST


From: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@xxxxxxxxx>

When the PPM reports more than one DisplayPort alternate mode for a
connector, ucsi_ccg_update_altmodes() merges them into a single entry
in uc->updated[] and sets uc->has_multiple_dp. In that case,
ucsi_ccg_update_get_current_cam_cmd() rewrites the response of the
GET_CURRENT_CAM command. The response is a single byte holding the
index of the currently active alternate mode, and it is provided by
the PPM firmware.

The function uses this byte directly as an index into uc->orig[], and
then uses the linked_idx read from that entry as the translated index
into uc->updated[]. Both arrays have UCSI_MAX_ALTMODES entries, but
neither index is checked against that size.

If a malicious or buggy PPM reports a value of UCSI_MAX_ALTMODES or
larger, e.g. 0xFF, uc->orig[cam].linked_idx reads over the end of
uc->orig[]. The byte read from there is then used as the index for
writing cam into uc->updated[new_cam].active_idx, so the out-of-bounds
read is followed by an out-of-bounds write. This happens without any
userspace action, since the UCSI core issues GET_CURRENT_CAM on its own
when handling connector changes.

Fix this by rejecting responses whose index is out of range, printing an
error and returning -EPROTO, so that the caller cannot accept this.
Also check linked_idx before using it as an index, so that the write into
uc->updated[] is always within bounds.

The response is now only processed when the command completed without
an error. ucsi_sync_control_common() only reads the response when the
CCI reports command completion, so otherwise the buffer is not filled
and must not be mistaken for an invalid index.

This bug was found with a Python script that traces where firmware input
is used.

Fixes: 170a6726d0e2 ("usb: typec: ucsi: add support for separate DP altmode devices")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Nathan Rebello <nathan.c.rebello.27@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2: Print an error and return a failure instead of ignoring the
response, as suggested by Heikki. Only process the response when the
command completed without an error.

drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
index 91c2958a708c..80e3e84b418d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
@@ -384,14 +384,28 @@ static int ucsi_ccg_init(struct ucsi_ccg *uc)
return -ETIMEDOUT;
}

-static void ucsi_ccg_update_get_current_cam_cmd(struct ucsi_ccg *uc, u8 *data)
+static int ucsi_ccg_update_get_current_cam_cmd(struct ucsi_ccg *uc, u8 *data)
{
u8 cam, new_cam;

cam = data[0];
+ if (cam >= UCSI_MAX_ALTMODES) {
+ dev_err(uc->dev, "PPM returned invalid alternate mode index %u\n",
+ cam);
+ return -EPROTO;
+ }
+
new_cam = uc->orig[cam].linked_idx;
+ if (new_cam >= UCSI_MAX_ALTMODES) {
+ dev_err(uc->dev, "invalid linked alternate mode index %u for %u\n",
+ new_cam, cam);
+ return -EPROTO;
+ }
+
uc->updated[new_cam].active_idx = cam;
data[0] = new_cam;
+
+ return 0;
}

static bool ucsi_ccg_update_altmodes(struct ucsi *ucsi,
@@ -636,8 +650,10 @@ static int ucsi_ccg_sync_control(struct ucsi *ucsi, u64 command, u32 *cci,

switch (UCSI_COMMAND(command)) {
case UCSI_GET_CURRENT_CAM:
- if (uc->has_multiple_dp)
- ucsi_ccg_update_get_current_cam_cmd(uc, (u8 *)data);
+ if (!ret && uc->has_multiple_dp &&
+ (*cci & UCSI_CCI_COMMAND_COMPLETE) &&
+ !(*cci & UCSI_CCI_ERROR))
+ ret = ucsi_ccg_update_get_current_cam_cmd(uc, (u8 *)data);
break;
case UCSI_GET_ALTERNATE_MODES:
if (UCSI_ALTMODE_RECIPIENT(command) == UCSI_RECIPIENT_SOP) {
--
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