Re: [PATCH 1/1 v2] media: dib9000: avoid out of bound access

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jun 19 2014 - 12:34:43 EST


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> wrote:
> This updated patch also fixes out of bound access to b[].
>
> In dib9000_risc_apb_access_write() an out of bound access to mb[].
>
> The current test to avoid out of bound access to mb[] is insufficient.
> For len = 19 non-existent mb[10] will be accessed.
>
> For odd values of len b[] is accessed out of bounds.
>
> For large values of len an of bound access to mb[] may occur in
> dib9000_mbx_send_attr.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.c | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.c
> index e540cfb..f75dec4 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.c
> @@ -1040,13 +1040,18 @@ static int dib9000_risc_apb_access_write(struct dib9000_state *state, u32 addres
> if (address >= 1024 || !state->platform.risc.fw_is_running)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + if (len > 18)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> /* dprintk( "APB access thru wr fw %d %x", address, attribute); */
>
> - mb[0] = (unsigned short)address;
> - for (i = 0; i < len && i < 20; i += 2)
> - mb[1 + (i / 2)] = (b[i] << 8 | b[i + 1]);
> + mb[0] = (u16)address;
> + for (i = 0; i + 1 < len; i += 2)
> + mb[1 + i / 2] = b[i] << 8 | b[i + 1];
> + if (len & 1)
> + mb[1 + len / 2] = b[len - 1] << 8;
>
> - dib9000_mbx_send_attr(state, OUT_MSG_BRIDGE_APB_W, mb, 1 + len / 2, attribute);
> + dib9000_mbx_send_attr(state, OUT_MSG_BRIDGE_APB_W, mb, (3 + len) / 2, attribute);
> return dib9000_mbx_get_message_attr(state, IN_MSG_END_BRIDGE_APB_RW, mb, &s, attribute) == 1 ? 0 : -EINVAL;
> }
>
> --
> 2.0.0
>

That looks great, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees


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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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