Re: [PATCH 1/1] fbdev: atyfb: Fix buffer overflow

From: Jani Nikula
Date: Thu Mar 27 2025 - 06:14:40 EST


On Thu, 27 Mar 2025, Denis Arefev <arefev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The value LCD_MISC_CNTL is used in the 'aty_st_lcd()' function to
> calculate an index for accessing an array element of size 9.
> This may cause a buffer overflow.

The fix is to fix it, not silently brush it under the carpet.

BR,
Jani.

>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Denis Arefev <arefev@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
> index 210fd3ac18a4..93eb5eb6042b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
> @@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ static const u32 lt_lcd_regs[] = {
> void aty_st_lcd(int index, u32 val, const struct atyfb_par *par)
> {
> if (M64_HAS(LT_LCD_REGS)) {
> + if ((u32)index >= ARRAY_SIZE(lt_lcd_regs))
> + return;
> aty_st_le32(lt_lcd_regs[index], val, par);
> } else {
> unsigned long temp;
> @@ -164,6 +166,8 @@ void aty_st_lcd(int index, u32 val, const struct atyfb_par *par)
> u32 aty_ld_lcd(int index, const struct atyfb_par *par)
> {
> if (M64_HAS(LT_LCD_REGS)) {
> + if ((u32)index >= ARRAY_SIZE(lt_lcd_regs))
> + return 0;
> return aty_ld_le32(lt_lcd_regs[index], par);
> } else {
> unsigned long temp;

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Jani Nikula, Intel