netdev - Re: [patch] pch_gbe: memory corruption calling pch_gbe_validate

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Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 11:04:49 +0530
From:	santosh prasad nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	dan.carpenter@...cle.com, masa-korg@....okisemi.com,
	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] pch_gbe: memory corruption calling pch_gbe_validate_option()

Dan,

        Your fix may introduce new bug.

         hw->phy.autoneg_advertised = tmp

       Assigning signed integer to unsigned short  leads to bit truncation.
       Is it safe for both Big-endian and little endian format ?

       AutoNeg is initialized with a Negative value (OPTION_UNSET)
        Won't it create any issue with above assignment ?


The simpler fix is to make "autoneg_advertised" signed integer.

struct pch_gbe_phy_info {
        u32 addr;
        u32 id;
        u32 revision;
        u32 reset_delay_us;
        u16 autoneg_advertised;     // ==> int autoneg_advertised
};



Regards
Santosh




On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:54 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 10:17:08 +0300
>
>> pch_gbe_validate_option() modifies 32 bits of memory but we pass
>> &hw->phy.autoneg_advertised which only has 16 bits and &hw->mac.fc
>> which only has 8 bits.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
>
> Applied.
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