linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 117/273] serial: omap: Prevent DoS using unprivileged ioctl(TIOCSRS485)

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Date:	Mon,  7 Mar 2016 14:48:28 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 117/273] serial: omap: Prevent DoS using unprivileged ioctl(TIOCSRS485)

4.2.8-ckt5 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>

commit 308bbc9ab838d0ace0298268c7970ba9513e2c65 upstream.

The omap-serial driver emulates RS485 delays using software timers,
but neglects to clamp the input values from the unprivileged
ioctl(TIOCSRS485). Because the software implementation busy-waits,
malicious userspace could stall the cpu for ~49 days.

Clamp the input values to < 100ms.

Fixes: 4a0ac0f55b18 ("OMAP: add RS485 support")
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index 7a2172b..aaf3478 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ static inline void serial_omap_add_console_port(struct uart_omap_port *up)
 
 /* Enable or disable the rs485 support */
 static int
-serial_omap_config_rs485(struct uart_port *port, struct serial_rs485 *rs485conf)
+serial_omap_config_rs485(struct uart_port *port, struct serial_rs485 *rs485)
 {
 	struct uart_omap_port *up = to_uart_omap_port(port);
 	unsigned int mode;
@@ -1354,8 +1354,12 @@ serial_omap_config_rs485(struct uart_port *port, struct serial_rs485 *rs485conf)
 	up->ier = 0;
 	serial_out(up, UART_IER, 0);
 
+	/* Clamp the delays to [0, 100ms] */
+	rs485->delay_rts_before_send = min(rs485->delay_rts_before_send, 100U);
+	rs485->delay_rts_after_send  = min(rs485->delay_rts_after_send, 100U);
+
 	/* store new config */
-	port->rs485 = *rs485conf;
+	port->rs485 = *rs485;
 
 	/*
 	 * Just as a precaution, only allow rs485
-- 
2.7.0