Re: [PATCH v3] media: uvc: don't do DMA on stack

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Mauro,

Thank you for the patch.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 03:40:19PM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> As warned by smatch:
> 	drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c:911 uvc_ioctl_g_input() error: doing dma on the stack (&i)
> 	drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c:943 uvc_ioctl_s_input() error: doing dma on the stack (&i)
> 
> those two functions call uvc_query_ctrl passing a pointer to
> a data at the DMA stack. those are used to send URBs via
> usb_control_msg(). Using DMA stack is not supported and should
> not work anymore on modern Linux versions.
> 
> So, use a kmalloc'ed buffer.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	# Kernel 4.9 and upper
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
> index 252136cc885c..a95bf7318848 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
> @@ -899,8 +899,8 @@ static int uvc_ioctl_g_input(struct file *file, void *fh, unsigned int *input)
>  {
>  	struct uvc_fh *handle = fh;
>  	struct uvc_video_chain *chain = handle->chain;
> +	u8 *buf;
>  	int ret;
> -	u8 i;
>  
>  	if (chain->selector == NULL ||
>  	    (chain->dev->quirks & UVC_QUIRK_IGNORE_SELECTOR_UNIT)) {
> @@ -908,13 +908,20 @@ static int uvc_ioctl_g_input(struct file *file, void *fh, unsigned int *input)
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> +	buf = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
>  	ret = uvc_query_ctrl(chain->dev, UVC_GET_CUR, chain->selector->id,
>  			     chain->dev->intfnum,  UVC_SU_INPUT_SELECT_CONTROL,
> -			     &i, 1);
> +			     buf, 1);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;

Memory leak :-)

	if (!ret)
		*input = *buf - 1;

	kfree(buf);

	return ret;

>  
> -	*input = i - 1;
> +	*input = *buf - 1;
> +
> +	kfree(buf);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -922,8 +929,8 @@ static int uvc_ioctl_s_input(struct file *file, void *fh, unsigned int input)
>  {
>  	struct uvc_fh *handle = fh;
>  	struct uvc_video_chain *chain = handle->chain;
> +	char *buf;

	u8 *buf;

With these two changes,

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Do I need to take the patch in my tree ?

>  	int ret;
> -	u32 i;
>  
>  	ret = uvc_acquire_privileges(handle);
>  	if (ret < 0)
> @@ -939,10 +946,17 @@ static int uvc_ioctl_s_input(struct file *file, void *fh, unsigned int input)
>  	if (input >= chain->selector->bNrInPins)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	i = input + 1;
> -	return uvc_query_ctrl(chain->dev, UVC_SET_CUR, chain->selector->id,
> -			      chain->dev->intfnum, UVC_SU_INPUT_SELECT_CONTROL,
> -			      &i, 1);
> +	buf = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	*buf = input + 1;
> +	ret = uvc_query_ctrl(chain->dev, UVC_SET_CUR, chain->selector->id,
> +			     chain->dev->intfnum, UVC_SU_INPUT_SELECT_CONTROL,
> +			     buf, 1);
> +	kfree(buf);
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static int uvc_ioctl_queryctrl(struct file *file, void *fh,

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart