Re: [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Test for "silence" field in struct "pcm_format_data"

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Mon Apr 11 2022 - 03:31:32 EST


On Sat, 09 Apr 2022 03:26:55 +0200,
Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
>
> Syzbot reports "KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in
> snd_pcm_format_set_silence".[1]
>
> It is due to missing validation of the "silence" field of struct
> "pcm_format_data" in "pcm_formats" array.
>
> Add a test for valid "pat" and, if it is not so, return -EINVAL.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/000000000000d188ef05dc2c7279@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+205eb15961852c2c5974@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied now.


> ---
>
> I wasn't able to figure out the commit for the "Fixes:" tag. If this patch
> is good, can someone please help with providing this missing information?

That must be present from the very beginning.
I just add Cc-to-stable for allowing backport to all releases.


thanks,

Takashi