[PATCH] media: cec: extron: validate response prefixes

From: Pengpeng Hou

Date: Sun Aug 30 2026 - 09:04:31 EST


extron_interrupt() dispatches completed serial lines by comparing fixed
prefixes and reading fixed offsets without first checking the current line
length. Short lines can therefore consume stale bytes beyond the
NUL-terminated message item.

Require each response type to contain the complete dispatch prefix before
reading its fixed fields.

Fixes: 056f2821b631 ("media: cec: extron-da-hd-4k-plus: add the Extron DA HD 4K Plus CEC driver")
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../usb/extron-da-hd-4k-plus/extron-da-hd-4k-plus.c | 18 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/usb/extron-da-hd-4k-plus/extron-da-hd-4k-plus.c b/drivers/media/cec/usb/extron-da-hd-4k-plus/extron-da-hd-4k-plus.c
index 3c6ce6f3d93e7..66780b3cf9188 100644
--- a/drivers/media/cec/usb/extron-da-hd-4k-plus/extron-da-hd-4k-plus.c
+++ b/drivers/media/cec/usb/extron-da-hd-4k-plus/extron-da-hd-4k-plus.c
@@ -851,13 +851,13 @@ static irqreturn_t extron_interrupt(struct serio *serio, unsigned char data,
if (debug)
dev_info(extron->dev, "received %s\n", extron->data);
extron->idx = 0;
- if (!memcmp(extron->data, "Sig", 3) &&
+ if (extron->len >= 5 && !memcmp(extron->data, "Sig", 3) &&
extron->data[4] == '*') {
extron_process_signal_change(extron, extron->data + 3);
- } else if (!memcmp(extron->data, "Hdcp", 4) &&
+ } else if (extron->len >= 6 && !memcmp(extron->data, "Hdcp", 4) &&
extron->data[5] == '*') {
extron_process_edid_change(extron, extron->data + 4);
- } else if (!memcmp(extron->data, "DcecI", 5) &&
+ } else if (extron->len >= 6 && !memcmp(extron->data, "DcecI", 5) &&
extron->data[5] >= '1' &&
extron->data[5] < '1' + extron->num_in_ports) {
unsigned int p = extron->data[5] - '1';
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static irqreturn_t extron_interrupt(struct serio *serio, unsigned char data,
p += extron->num_out_ports;
extron_process_tx_done(extron->ports[p],
extron->data[extron->len - 1]);
- } else if (!memcmp(extron->data, "Ceci", 4) &&
+ } else if (extron->len >= 6 && !memcmp(extron->data, "Ceci", 4) &&
extron->data[4] >= '1' &&
extron->data[4] < '1' + extron->num_in_ports &&
extron->data[5] == '*') {
@@ -874,14 +874,14 @@ static irqreturn_t extron_interrupt(struct serio *serio, unsigned char data,
p += extron->num_out_ports;
extron_process_received(extron->ports[p],
extron->data + 6);
- } else if (!memcmp(extron->data, "DcecO", 5) &&
+ } else if (extron->len >= 6 && !memcmp(extron->data, "DcecO", 5) &&
extron->data[5] >= '1' &&
extron->data[5] < '1' + extron->num_out_ports) {
unsigned int p = extron->data[5] - '1';

extron_process_tx_done(extron->ports[p],
extron->data[extron->len - 1]);
- } else if (!memcmp(extron->data, "Ceco", 4) &&
+ } else if (extron->len >= 6 && !memcmp(extron->data, "Ceco", 4) &&
extron->data[4] >= '1' &&
extron->data[4] < '1' + extron->num_out_ports &&
extron->data[5] == '*') {
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static irqreturn_t extron_interrupt(struct serio *serio, unsigned char data,

extron_process_received(extron->ports[p],
extron->data + 6);
- } else if (!memcmp(extron->data, "Pceco", 5) &&
+ } else if (extron->len >= 7 && !memcmp(extron->data, "Pceco", 5) &&
extron->data[5] >= '1' &&
extron->data[5] < '1' + extron->num_out_ports) {
unsigned int p = extron->data[5] - '1';
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static irqreturn_t extron_interrupt(struct serio *serio, unsigned char data,
&tmp_pa[0], &tmp_pa[1]) == 2)
extron_phys_addr_change(extron->ports[p],
tmp_pa[0] << 8 | tmp_pa[1]);
- } else if (!memcmp(extron->data, "Pceci", 5) &&
+ } else if (extron->len >= 7 && !memcmp(extron->data, "Pceci", 5) &&
extron->data[5] >= '1' &&
extron->data[5] < '1' + extron->num_in_ports) {
unsigned int p = extron->data[5] - '1';
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static irqreturn_t extron_interrupt(struct serio *serio, unsigned char data,
&tmp_pa[0], &tmp_pa[1]) == 2)
extron_phys_addr_change(extron->ports[p],
tmp_pa[0] << 8 | tmp_pa[1]);
- } else if (!memcmp(extron->data, "EdidR", 5) &&
+ } else if (extron->len >= 7 && !memcmp(extron->data, "EdidR", 5) &&
extron->data[5] >= '1' &&
extron->data[5] < '1' + extron->num_ports &&
extron->data[6] == '*') {

base-commit: 08dbfad3f5040f5bdb6c529da20d6d4e81fefd72
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2.50.1