Re: [PATCH] ALSA: control: prevent some integer overflow issues

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Sep 12 2024 - 08:44:49 EST


On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 02:29:58PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 12:05:31PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:51:14 +0200,
> > Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > >
> > > I believe the this bug affects 64bit systems as well, but analyzing this
> > > code is easier if we assume that we're on a 32bit system. The problem is
> > > in snd_ctl_elem_add() where we do:
> > >
> > > sound/core/control.c
> > > 1669 private_size = value_sizes[info->type] * info->count;
> > > 1670 alloc_size = compute_user_elem_size(private_size, count);
> > > ^^^^^
> > > count is info->owner. It's a non-zero u32 that comes from the user via
> > > snd_ctl_elem_add_user(). So the math in compute_user_elem_size() could
> > > have an integer overflow resulting in a smaller than expected size.
> >
> > So this should also use the overflow macro, too, in addition to your
> > changes? Something like:
> >
> > --- a/sound/core/control.c
> > +++ b/sound/core/control.c
> > @@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ static int snd_ctl_elem_add(struct snd_ctl_file *file,
> > struct snd_kcontrol *kctl;
> > unsigned int count;
> > unsigned int access;
> > - long private_size;
> > + size_t private_size;
> > size_t alloc_size;
> > struct user_element *ue;
> > unsigned int offset;
> > @@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ static int snd_ctl_elem_add(struct snd_ctl_file *file,
> > /* user-space control doesn't allow zero-size data */
> > if (info->count < 1)
> > return -EINVAL;
> > - private_size = value_sizes[info->type] * info->count;
> > + private_size = array_size(value_sizes[info->type], info->count);
> > alloc_size = compute_user_elem_size(private_size, count);
> >
> > guard(rwsem_write)(&card->controls_rwsem);
> >
>
> I've reviewed this some more and those changes are harmless but unnecessary.
> info->count is checked in snd_ctl_check_elem_info().
>

I also considered if I should fix this bug by adding checks to
snd_ctl_check_elem_info() but I don't think that's the right approach. I
couldn't see how it would work at least.

regards,
dan carpenter