linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] serial: xuartps: Fix out-of-bounds access through DT alias

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Date:   Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:41:38 +0100
From:   Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>, Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] serial: xuartps: Fix out-of-bounds access through
 DT alias

On 23.2.2018 14:38, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The cdns_uart_port[] array is indexed using a value derived from the
> "serialN" alias in DT, which may lead to an out-of-bounds access.
> 
> Fix this by adding a range check.
> 
> Fixes: 928e9263492069ee ("tty: xuartps: Initialize ports according to aliases")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> ---
> v2:
>   - Fix Fixes reference.
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> index b9b2bc76bcac606c..abcb4d09a2d866d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
> @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ static struct uart_port *cdns_uart_get_port(int id)
>  	struct uart_port *port;
>  
>  	/* Try the given port id if failed use default method */
> -	if (cdns_uart_port[id].mapbase != 0) {
> +	if (id < CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS && cdns_uart_port[id].mapbase != 0) {
>  		/* Find the next unused port */
>  		for (id = 0; id < CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS; id++)
>  			if (cdns_uart_port[id].mapbase == 0)
> 

Reviewed-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>

Thanks,
Michal