Re: [PATCH] fbdev: atyfb: fix array overflow

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Arnd,

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When building with CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL on ARM, I get this
> gcc warning for atyfb:
>
> drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c: In function 'aty_bl_update_status':
> drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c:167:33: warning: array subscript is above array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
> drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c:152:26: warning: array subscript is above array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
>
> Apparently the warning is correct and there is indeed an overflow,
> which was never caught. I could only reproduce this on ARM and
> have opened a bug against the compiler for the lack of warning.
>
> This patch makes the array larger, so we cover all possible
> registers in the LCD controller without an overflow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2349
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c | 2 +-
>  include/video/mach64.h               | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
> index 001d3d871800..36ffba152eab 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
>
>  #if defined(CONFIG_PM) || defined(CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT) || \
>  defined (CONFIG_FB_ATY_GENERIC_LCD) || defined(CONFIG_FB_ATY_BACKLIGHT)
> -static const u32 lt_lcd_regs[] = {
> +static const u32 lt_lcd_regs[LCD_REG_NUM] = {
>         CNFG_PANEL_LG,
>         LCD_GEN_CNTL_LG,
>         DSTN_CONTROL_LG,
> diff --git a/include/video/mach64.h b/include/video/mach64.h
> index 89e91c0cb737..9f74e9e0aeb8 100644
> --- a/include/video/mach64.h
> +++ b/include/video/mach64.h
> @@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@
>  #define APC_LUT_KL             0x38
>  #define APC_LUT_MN             0x39
>  #define APC_LUT_OP             0x3A
> +#define LCD_REG_NUM            0x3B /* total number */
>
>  /* Values in LCD_GEN_CTRL */
>  #define CRT_ON                          0x00000001ul

This doesn't look like the right fix to me.

Before, aty_st_lcd(LCD_MISC_CNTL, reg, par) in aty_bl_update_status()
wrote into an arbitrary register.
With your fix, it will write to register 0, which is IMHO also not OK.

I think aty_st_lcd() and aty_ld_lcd() should check whether the index is
out of range, perhaps even with a WARN_ON()?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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