Re: [PATCH] mtdchar: fix integer overflow in read/write ioctls

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Sat Dec 07 2024 - 12:05:57 EST


On Sat, Dec 07, 2024 at 12:17:33PM +0800, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> 在 2024/12/7 4:26, Dan Carpenter 写道:
> > The "req.start" and "req.len" variables are u64 values that come from the
> > user at the start of the function. We mask away the high 32 bits of
> > "req.len" so that's capped at U32_MAX but the "req.start" variable can go
> > up to U64_MAX.
> >
> > Use check_add_overflow() to fix this bug.
> >
> > Fixes: 6420ac0af95d ("mtdchar: prevent unbounded allocation in MEMWRITE ioctl")
>
> Hi, Dan. Why this fix tag? I think the adding result('req.start' and
> 'req.len') could be overflow too before this commit.
>

I've looked at this again, and I still don't see the bug before the
commit. Secondly, commit a1eda864c04c ("mtdchar: prevent integer
overflow in a safety check") is missing a Fixes tag but the message says
that it's this commit which introduced the bug.

Which commit should get the fixes tag?

I should have added a CC to the stable tree though. I did that correctly
in an earlier draft of this patch but I messed up in this version. :/

regards,
dan carpenter