Re: [PATCH v2] fbdev: vfb: Validate framebuffer geometry and memory size
From: Weiming Shi
Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 12:27:02 EST
Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> 于2026年10月26日周一 09:06写道:
>
> On 10/26/26 16:46, Weiming Shi wrote:
> > FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO can supply a virtual width large enough to
> > overflow get_line_length()'s int multiplication and bypass the
> > video-memory limit, allowing fbcon to write past the framebuffer. The
> > offset additions can also wrap, while an excessive videomemorysize
> > module parameter can be truncated when PAGE_ALIGN() is assigned to
> > unsigned int.
> >
> > Limit virtual geometry and offsets to 8192 x 8192 and cap video
> > memory at 512 MiB, keeping the stride, framebuffer-size, and generic
> > fbdev drawing calculations within their destination types.
> >
> > KASAN reports:
> >
> > BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in sys_fillrect
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/sysfillrect.c:24
> > Write of size 8 at addr ffa0000001671000 by task poc/198
> > sys_fillrect
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/sysfillrect.c:24
> > bit_clear_margins
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c:247
> > fbcon_clear_margins.constprop.0
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:1410
> > fbcon_switch
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2261
> > redraw_screen
> > drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:994
> > fbcon_modechanged
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2693
> > fbcon_update_vcs
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2732
> >
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> > Reported-by: <co+b0df61d49532b2ee@xxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> > Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Limit virtual geometry and offsets to 8192 x 8192. This retains 8K mode
> > support while bounding all generic fbdev drawing calculations.
> > - Cap videomemorysize at 512 MiB.
> > - Keep the existing arithmetic types now that all inputs are bounded.
> >
> > drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
> > index de137b2bd..de40ba8c3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
> > @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
> > */
> >
> > #define VIDEOMEMSIZE (1*1024*1024) /* 1 MB */
> > +#define MAX_VIDEOMEMSIZE (512 * 1024 * 1024)
> > +#define MAX_XRES 8192
> > +#define MAX_YRES 8192
> >
> > static void *videomemory;
> > static u_long videomemorysize = VIDEOMEMSIZE;
> > @@ -159,6 +162,14 @@ static int vfb_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
> > else
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > + if (var->xres_virtual > MAX_XRES ||
> > + var->yres_virtual > MAX_YRES)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + if (var->xoffset > MAX_XRES - var->xres ||
> > + var->yoffset > MAX_YRES - var->yres)
> > + return -EINVAL;
>
> Instead of returning EINVAL, I wonder if we could simply
> cap the resolutions at MAX_XRES/MAX_YRES?
>
>
> > +
> > if (var->xres_virtual < var->xoffset + var->xres)
> > var->xres_virtual = var->xoffset + var->xres;
> > if (var->yres_virtual < var->yoffset + var->yres)
> > @@ -434,9 +445,13 @@ static int __init vfb_setup(char *options)
> > static int vfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
> > {
> > struct fb_info *info;
> > - unsigned int size = PAGE_ALIGN(videomemorysize);
> > + unsigned int size;
> > int retval = -ENOMEM;
> >
>
> and here maybe
> videomemorysize = min(videomemorysize, MAX_VIDEOMEMSIZE);
>
> that way the driver loads even if the provided too big value?
>
> Helge
> > + if (videomemorysize > MAX_VIDEOMEMSIZE)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > + size = PAGE_ALIGN(videomemorysize);
>
>
Yes, that makes sense. I'll cap the geometry and videomemorysize as
suggested and send a v3.