[PATCH] ALSA: dice: fix buffer overflow in detect_stream_formats()

From: Junrui Luo

Date: Thu Nov 27 2025 - 23:09:43 EST


The function detect_stream_formats() reads the stream_count value directly
from a FireWire device without validating it. This can lead to
out-of-bounds writes when a malicious device provides a stream_count value
greater than MAX_STREAMS.

Fix by applying the same validation to both TX and RX stream counts in
detect_stream_formats().

Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 58579c056c1c ("ALSA: dice: use extended protocol to detect available stream formats")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/firewire/dice/dice-extension.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/firewire/dice/dice-extension.c b/sound/firewire/dice/dice-extension.c
index 02f4a8318e38..48bfb3ad93ce 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/dice/dice-extension.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/dice/dice-extension.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int detect_stream_formats(struct snd_dice *dice, u64 section_addr)
break;

base_offset += EXT_APP_STREAM_ENTRIES;
- stream_count = be32_to_cpu(reg[0]);
+ stream_count = min_t(unsigned int, be32_to_cpu(reg[0]), MAX_STREAMS);
err = read_stream_entries(dice, section_addr, base_offset,
stream_count, mode,
dice->tx_pcm_chs,
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int detect_stream_formats(struct snd_dice *dice, u64 section_addr)
break;

base_offset += stream_count * EXT_APP_STREAM_ENTRY_SIZE;
- stream_count = be32_to_cpu(reg[1]);
+ stream_count = min_t(unsigned int, be32_to_cpu(reg[1]), MAX_STREAMS);
err = read_stream_entries(dice, section_addr, base_offset,
stream_count,
mode, dice->rx_pcm_chs,

---
base-commit: aa7243aaf1947a0cb54c44337795d6759493fe02
change-id: 20251128-fixes-658c1dc7a517

Best regards,
--
Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@xxxxxxxxxxx>