Re: [PATCH] cdrom: fix stack out-of-bounds read in CDROMVOLCTRL

[Phillip Potter]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 04:20:13PM +0800, raoxu wrote:
> From: Xu Rao <raoxu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> mmc_ioctl_cdrom_volume() first reads the audio control mode page into a
> 32-byte stack buffer with cgc->buflen set to 24.  If the device reports a
> block descriptor, the function increases cgc->buflen to include that
> descriptor and reads the page again.
> 
> For CDROMVOLCTRL, the function then builds a MODE SELECT parameter list
> by moving cgc->buffer forward by offset - 8 bytes.  This drops the block
> descriptor from the outgoing payload and leaves a new 8-byte mode
> parameter header in front of the audio control page.  However, cgc->buflen
> is left unchanged.
> 
> With a standard 8-byte block descriptor, cgc->buffer points at buffer + 8
> but cgc->buflen remains 32.  cdrom_mode_select() therefore asks the low
> level packet path to write 32 bytes from that adjusted pointer, reading 8
> bytes past the end of the 32-byte stack buffer.
> 
> This is not hit by CDROMVOLREAD, and CDROMVOLCTRL only triggers it on
> drives that return a non-zero block descriptor length, which helps explain
> why it has gone unnoticed.  The overread is also sent to the device as
> extra MODE SELECT payload, so it may not produce an obvious local failure.
> 
> Reduce cgc->buflen by the same amount as the buffer pointer adjustment so
> the MODE SELECT transfer covers only the intended parameter list.
> 
> Fixes: 3147c531b6b5 ("cdrom: split mmc_ioctl to lower stack usage")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Xu Rao <raoxu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
> index 62934cf4b10d..4f1fd389260f 100644
> --- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
> +++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
> @@ -3187,6 +3187,7 @@ static noinline int mmc_ioctl_cdrom_volume(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
>  
>  	/* set volume */
>  	cgc->buffer = buffer + offset - 8;
> +	cgc->buflen -= offset - 8;
>  	memset(cgc->buffer, 0, 8);
>  	return cdrom_mode_select(cdi, cgc);
>  }
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 

Hi Xu Rao,

Thanks for your patch. I will endeavour to look at it and verify it this
weekend and come back to you.

Regards,
Phil