Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 22/41] video: fbdev: pxa3xx-gcu: Fix integer overflow in pxa3xx_gcu_write

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Mon Sep 19 2022 - 18:24:56 EST


On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 11:21:43AM +0300, Vitaly Chikunov wrote:
On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 10:20:41PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit a09d2d00af53b43c6f11e6ab3cb58443c2cac8a7 ]

In pxa3xx_gcu_write, a count parameter of type size_t is passed to words of
type int. Then, copy_from_user() may cause a heap overflow because it is used
as the third argument of copy_from_user().

Why this commit is still not in the stable branches?

Mostly because it's not tagged for stable.

But really, looks like I've missed a batch a few months ago, I can push
it for the next release cycle.

Isn't this is the fix for CVE-2022-39842[1]?

How the heck did this thing get a CVE?

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Thanks,
Sasha