linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] x86/microcode/AMD: Add microcode container data checking functions

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Date:   Tue, 1 May 2018 00:27:17 +0200
From:   "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] x86/microcode/AMD: Add microcode container data
 checking functions

On 30.04.2018 11:04, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 11:34:07PM +0200, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
>> +/*
>> + * Checks whether there is a valid, non-truncated CPU equivalence table
>> + * at the beginning of a passed buffer @buf of size @size.
>> + * If @early is set this function does not print errors which makes it
>> + * usable by the early microcode loader.
>> + */
>> +static bool verify_equivalence_table(const u8 *buf, size_t buf_size, bool early)
>> +{
>> +	const u32 *hdr = (const u32 *)buf;
>> +	u32 cont_type, equiv_tbl_len;
>> +
>> +	cont_type = hdr[1];
> 
> You need to check the size of buf so that there's enough buf passed in
> before you index into it like that.

These checking functions are supposed to be called in order:
first verify_container() verifies the basic container, then
verify_equivalence_table() verifies the equivalence table while not
repeating the checks that were already done by the former function.

>> +	if (cont_type != UCODE_EQUIV_CPU_TABLE_TYPE) {
>> +		if (!early)
>> +			pr_err("Wrong microcode container equivalence table type: %u.\n",
>> +			       cont_type);
>> +
>> +		return false;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	equiv_tbl_len = hdr[2];
> 
> And that.

Same situation here.

>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Checks whether a microcode patch located at the beginning of a passed
>> + * buffer @buf of size @size is not too large for a particular @family
>> + * and is not truncated.
>> + * If @early is set this function does not print errors which makes it
>> + * usable by the early microcode loader.
>> + */
>> +static bool verify_patch(u8 family, const u8 *buf, size_t buf_size, bool early)
>> +{
>> +	const u32 *hdr = (const u32 *)buf;
>> +	u32 patch_size = hdr[1];
> 
> Just like in the first comment above.
> 

And a similar situation here - verify_patch() does not verify things
that were already checked by verify_container() or
verify_patch_section().

Thanks,
Maciej