Re: [PATCH] media: dib8000: validate SNR exponent before shifting
From: Sergey Shtylyov
Date: Thu Oct 22 2026 - 15:14:29 EST
On 10/22/26 8:23 PM, Ilya Krutskih wrote:
Please consider using --no-git-fallback with scripts/get_maintainer.pl --
I don't see what do I have to do with this patch (other than fixing another
bug in this driver earlier).
> Decode the SNR exponent as a signed value instead of storing it in a
> u32.
I don't see where are you changing the type from u32 in this version of
patch -- this phrase seems to be copied from the 1st (internal) version...
> Subtracting 0x40 from the unsigned exponent currently causes it
> to wrap around when the encoded value represents a negative number.
Seems to be the intended effect...
> Keep the signal and noise mantissas unsigned, as they are used in
> unsigned fixed-point arithmetic.
Again, this phrase seems to be (mindlessly?) copied from the 1st
version... :-)
> Check exponent values before shifting by check_shl_overflow().
Yes, that's what the patch below actually does! :-)
> Return the existing invalid SNR value when the exponent cannot be
> represented safely.
>
> Fixes: 77e2c0f5d471 ("V4L/DVB (12900): DiB8000: added support for DiBcom ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb demodulator DiB8000")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Krutskih <devsec@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib8000.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib8000.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib8000.c
> index d291113291e0..442ec06e34dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib8000.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib8000.c
[...]> @@ -3873,7 +3874,8 @@ static u32 dib8000_get_snr(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
> exp = (val & 0x3f);
> if ((exp & 0x20) != 0)
> exp -= 0x40;
> - n <<= exp+16;
> + if (check_shl_overflow(n, exp + 16, &n))
The question is whether the hardware can actually return exp < -16 or > 15...
> + return 0xffffffff;
>
> if (state->revision != 0x8090)
> val = dib8000_read_word(state, 543);
> @@ -3883,7 +3885,8 @@ static u32 dib8000_get_snr(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
> exp = (val & 0x3f);
> if ((exp & 0x20) != 0)
> exp -= 0x40;
> - s <<= exp+16;
> + if (check_shl_overflow(s, exp + 16, &s))
> + return 0xffffffff;
>
> if (n > 0) {
> u32 t = (s/n) << 16;[...]
MBR, Sergey