[PATCH] soc: apple: rtkit: bound syslog copies to the shared buffer

From: Laxman Acharya Padhya

Date: Sat Aug 22 2026 - 05:51:42 EST


apple_rtkit_syslog_rx_log() copies a log entry out of the coprocessor
shared-memory ring using an index and layout that the coprocessor
itself chose (SYSLOG_INIT n_entries / msg_size, plus the 8-bit idx in
the LOG message). Those values are never checked against
syslog_buffer.size, so a compromised or buggy RTKit firmware can make
the kernel memcpy_fromio()/memcpy() past the DMA mapping.

SYSLOG_INIT also accepted msg_size == 0. kzalloc(0) returns
ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which is non-NULL, and strnlen(..., msg_size - 1) then
wraps to SIZE_MAX.

Treat n_entries as a count (reject idx >= n_entries), reject a zero
message size, and refuse shared-memory copies that do not fit in the
buffer. Rate-limit the new OOB warning so a coprocessor cannot flood
the kernel log.

Fixes: 9bd1d9a0d8bb ("soc: apple: Add RTKit IPC library")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Laxman Acharya Padhya <acharyalaxman8848@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
index a3fdac8f6f06..63b85d082a7a 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
@@ -348,14 +348,28 @@ static void apple_rtkit_free_buffer(struct apple_rtkit *rtk,
bfr->is_mapped = false;
}

-static void apple_rtkit_memcpy(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, void *dst,
- struct apple_rtkit_shmem *bfr, size_t offset,
- size_t len)
+static bool apple_rtkit_shmem_ok(struct apple_rtkit_shmem *bfr, size_t offset,
+ size_t len)
{
+ return offset <= bfr->size && len <= bfr->size - offset;
+}
+
+static int apple_rtkit_memcpy(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, void *dst,
+ struct apple_rtkit_shmem *bfr, size_t offset,
+ size_t len)
+{
+ if (!apple_rtkit_shmem_ok(bfr, offset, len)) {
+ dev_warn_ratelimited(rtk->dev,
+ "RTKit: shared-memory copy out of bounds (off 0x%zx len 0x%zx size 0x%zx)\n",
+ offset, len, bfr->size);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (bfr->iomem)
memcpy_fromio(dst, bfr->iomem + offset, len);
else
memcpy(dst, bfr->buffer + offset, len);
+ return 0;
}

static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_rx(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
@@ -384,9 +398,10 @@ static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_rx(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
*/
bfr = kzalloc(rtk->crashlog_buffer.size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (bfr) {
- apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, bfr, &rtk->crashlog_buffer, 0,
- rtk->crashlog_buffer.size);
- apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump(rtk, bfr, rtk->crashlog_buffer.size);
+ if (!apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, bfr, &rtk->crashlog_buffer, 0,
+ rtk->crashlog_buffer.size))
+ apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump(rtk, bfr,
+ rtk->crashlog_buffer.size);
} else {
dev_err(rtk->dev,
"RTKit: Couldn't allocate crashlog shadow buffer\n");
@@ -422,10 +437,29 @@ static void apple_rtkit_ioreport_rx(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)

static void apple_rtkit_syslog_rx_init(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
{
- rtk->syslog_n_entries = FIELD_GET(APPLE_RTKIT_SYSLOG_N_ENTRIES, msg);
- rtk->syslog_msg_size = FIELD_GET(APPLE_RTKIT_SYSLOG_MSG_SIZE, msg);
+ size_t n_entries = FIELD_GET(APPLE_RTKIT_SYSLOG_N_ENTRIES, msg);
+ size_t msg_size = FIELD_GET(APPLE_RTKIT_SYSLOG_MSG_SIZE, msg);

- rtk->syslog_msg_buffer = kzalloc(rtk->syslog_msg_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ kfree(rtk->syslog_msg_buffer);
+ rtk->syslog_msg_buffer = NULL;
+ rtk->syslog_n_entries = 0;
+ rtk->syslog_msg_size = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * msg_size == 0 would make kzalloc() return ZERO_SIZE_PTR (non-NULL)
+ * and later strnlen(..., msg_size - 1) wrap to SIZE_MAX.
+ */
+ if (!msg_size) {
+ dev_warn(rtk->dev, "RTKit: syslog msg_size is zero\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ rtk->syslog_msg_buffer = kzalloc(msg_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!rtk->syslog_msg_buffer)
+ return;
+
+ rtk->syslog_n_entries = n_entries;
+ rtk->syslog_msg_size = msg_size;

dev_dbg(rtk->dev,
"RTKit: syslog initialized: entries: %zd, msg_size: %zd\n",
@@ -441,10 +475,11 @@ static void apple_rtkit_syslog_rx_log(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
{
u8 idx = msg & 0xff;
char log_context[24];
- size_t entry_size = 0x20 + rtk->syslog_msg_size;
+ size_t entry_size;
+ size_t offset;
int msglen;

- if (!rtk->syslog_msg_buffer) {
+ if (!rtk->syslog_msg_buffer || !rtk->syslog_msg_size) {
dev_warn(
rtk->dev,
"RTKit: received syslog message but no syslog_msg_buffer\n");
@@ -462,17 +497,21 @@ static void apple_rtkit_syslog_rx_log(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
"RTKit: received syslog message but no syslog_buffer.buffer or syslog_buffer.iomem\n");
goto done;
}
- if (idx > rtk->syslog_n_entries) {
+ if (idx >= rtk->syslog_n_entries) {
dev_warn(rtk->dev, "RTKit: syslog index %d out of range\n",
idx);
goto done;
}

- apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, log_context, &rtk->syslog_buffer,
- idx * entry_size + 8, sizeof(log_context));
- apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, rtk->syslog_msg_buffer, &rtk->syslog_buffer,
- idx * entry_size + 8 + sizeof(log_context),
- rtk->syslog_msg_size);
+ entry_size = 0x20 + rtk->syslog_msg_size;
+ offset = (size_t)idx * entry_size + 8;
+ if (apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, log_context, &rtk->syslog_buffer, offset,
+ sizeof(log_context)))
+ goto done;
+ if (apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, rtk->syslog_msg_buffer, &rtk->syslog_buffer,
+ offset + sizeof(log_context),
+ rtk->syslog_msg_size))
+ goto done;

log_context[sizeof(log_context) - 1] = 0;

--
2.51.2