[PATCH v2] usb: typec: ucsi: reject GET_PDOS responses longer than requested

From: pip-izony

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 16:22:59 EST


From: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@xxxxxxxxx>

In ucsi_get_pdos(), the number of PDOs is derived from the data length
reported in the CCI register, which is provided by the PPM firmware.

The function requests at most UCSI_MAX_PDOS PDOs on the first read and
PDO_MAX_OBJECTS - UCSI_MAX_PDOS on the second, and ucsi_send_command()
only copies that many bytes into the buffer. However, the returned
length is taken from the 8 bit CCI data length field and is not bounded
by the size of the request.

If a malicious PPM reports a larger length, e.g. 0xFF, each
read is counted as 63 PDOs and ucsi_get_pdos() returns up to 126, beyond
PDO_MAX_OBJECTS and the number of PDOs actually read.

ucsi_get_src_pdos() stores this value in con->num_pdos, and
ucsi_psy_get_voltage_max() and ucsi_psy_get_current_max() use it to
index con->src_pdos[con->num_pdos - 1], resulting in an out-of-bounds
read. This happens without any userspace action, since
ucsi_get_src_pdos() calls ucsi_port_psy_changed() and the resulting
uevent reads every property.

Reject such responses in ucsi_read_pdos(), if the PPM reports more data
than was requested, print an error and return -EPROTO, so that the
invalid count is never used.

Fixes: b04e1747fbcc ("usb: typec: ucsi: Register USB Power Delivery Capabilities")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Seungjin Bae <eeodqql09@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2: Print an error and fail instead of limiting the count, as suggested
by Heikki.

drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
index bef3f9b71d71..17beec16fe19 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ static int ucsi_read_pdos(struct ucsi_connector *con,
u32 *pdos, int offset, int num_pdos)
{
struct ucsi *ucsi = con->ucsi;
+ int len = num_pdos * sizeof(u32);
u64 command;
int ret;

@@ -875,11 +876,17 @@ static int ucsi_read_pdos(struct ucsi_connector *con,
command |= UCSI_GET_PDOS_PDO_OFFSET(offset);
command |= UCSI_GET_PDOS_NUM_PDOS(num_pdos - 1);
command |= is_source(role) ? UCSI_GET_PDOS_SRC_PDOS : 0;
- ret = ucsi_send_command(ucsi, command, pdos + offset,
- num_pdos * sizeof(u32));
+ ret = ucsi_send_command(ucsi, command, pdos + offset, len);
if (ret < 0 && ret != -ETIMEDOUT)
dev_err(ucsi->dev, "UCSI_GET_PDOS failed (%d)\n", ret);

+ if (ret > len) {
+ dev_err(ucsi->dev,
+ "PPM returned %d bytes of PDOs, but only %d were requested\n",
+ ret, len);
+ return -EPROTO;
+ }
+
return ret;
}

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2.43.0