linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fixup! firmware: raspberrypi: Remove VLA usage

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Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 14:05:38 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
Cc:     Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fixup! firmware: raspberrypi: Remove VLA usage

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net> wrote:
> Kees - with this fix to your patch, the kernel boots again (otherwise,
> the FW would try to parse the uninitialized bits of stack and throw
> errors).  If you're good with me squashing this in, I'll do so and
> send it to -next.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c b/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
> index b80f15214b73..a200a2174611 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ int rpi_firmware_property(struct rpi_firmware *fw,
>         memcpy(data + sizeof(struct rpi_firmware_property_tag_header),
>                tag_data, buf_size);
>
> -       ret = rpi_firmware_property_list(fw, &data, sizeof(data));
> +       ret = rpi_firmware_property_list(fw, &data, buf_size + sizeof(*header));
>         memcpy(tag_data,
>                data + sizeof(struct rpi_firmware_property_tag_header),
>                buf_size);

Eek! Yes, thank you. Yeah, please feel free to squash. Thanks for testing!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security