Re: [PATCH 1/4] drm/log: Fix out-of-bounds read on empty message length

[Jocelyn Falempe]

On 29/07/2026 10:45, oushixiong1025@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Shixiong Ou <oushixiong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> drm_log_draw_kmsg_record() accesses s[len - 1] to strip the trailing
> newline, but len is unsigned int. If len is 0, the subtraction wraps
> to UINT_MAX, causing an out-of-bounds read.
>
> Add an early return when len is 0.

Thanks, for your contribution

Reviewed-by: Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Shixiong Ou <oushixiong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c
> index e3e02c84a4cf..294b3be1a6b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c
> @@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ static void drm_log_draw_kmsg_record(struct drm_log_scanout *scanout,
>   {
>   	u32 prefix_len = 0;
>   
> +	if (!len)
> +		return;
> +
>   	if (len > TS_PREFIX_LEN && s[0] == '[' && s[6] == '.' && s[TS_PREFIX_LEN] == ']')
>   		prefix_len = TS_PREFIX_LEN + 1;
>