netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] NFC: Fix possible memory corruption when handling SHDLC I-Frame commands

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Date:   Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:33:28 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Security Officers <security@...nel.org>,
        Kevin Deus <kdeus@...gle.com>,
        Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] NFC: Fix possible memory corruption when handling
 SHDLC I-Frame commands

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:26 PM, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 2:54 AM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks.  This is great.  I'm so glad these are finally getting fixed.
>>>
>>> Do we need to fix nfc_hci_msg_rx_work() and nfc_hci_recv_from_llc() as
>>> well?  In nfc_hci_recv_from_llc() we allow pipe to be NFC_HCI_FRAGMENT
>>> (0x7f) so that's one element beyond the end of the array and the
>>> NFC_HCI_HCP_RESPONSE isn't checked.
>>>
>>> Also nci_hci_msg_rx_work() and nci_hci_data_received_cb() use
>>> NCI_HCP_MSG_GET_PIPE() so those could be off by one.
>>
>> Good point. From hci.h:
>>
>> /*
>>  * According to specification 102 622 chapter 4.4 Pipes,
>>  * the pipe identifier is 7 bits long.
>>  */
>> #define NFC_HCI_MAX_PIPES 127
>>
>> And then:
>>
>> struct nfc_hci_dev {
>>   ...
>>   struct nfc_hci_pipe pipes[NFC_HCI_MAX_PIPES];
>>   ...
>> }
>>
>> I think the correct fix would be to change it to:
>>
>>   struct nfc_hci_pipe pipes[NFC_HCI_MAX_PIPES + 1];
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>
> Just to be clear, this would fix the problem Dan described in his
> reply and it should be implemented in a separate patch. The original
> fix is still valid.

I think you could merge the fixes into a single patch.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security