linux-kernel - RE: [char-misc-next 2/8] mei: hbm: validate client index is not exceeding allocated array size

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Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:21:54 +0000
From:	"Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [char-misc-next 2/8] mei: hbm: validate client index is not
 exceeding allocated array size

> >
> > This somehow should guard buffer overflow allocated of size dev-
> >me_clients_num
> > In theory this can happen only if something go wrong in hardware
> > initialization or there is some other security hole that can change
> > client_num.
> 
> What _kind_ of "security hole" could ever change that number?  Where
> does it come from?  Who can modify it?  If you don't know that now then
> we have worse problems...

The allocation of me_clients  arrays of mei_clients_num is happening on ME enumeration message,
While  the filling out the array is looping over get properties message which is bounded by MEI_CLIENTS_MAX,
so the  overflow is indeed possible, of course only on some faulty HW.  We had such errors only on new 
HW bring ups. 

Thanks
Tomas
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