linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: overlay: validate offset from property fixups

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Date:   Thu, 17 May 2018 09:58:28 -0700
From:   Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com,
        Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: overlay: validate offset from property fixups

On 05/17/18 09:56, Frank Rowand wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> 
> On 05/16/18 21:19, frowand.list@...il.com wrote:
>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...y.com>
>>
>> The smatch static checker marks the data in offset as untrusted,
>> leading it to warn:
>>
>>   drivers/of/resolver.c:125 update_usages_of_a_phandle_reference()
>>   error: buffer underflow 'prop->value' 's32min-s32max'
>>
>> Add check to verify that offset is within the property data.
>>
>> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...y.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/of/resolver.c | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/of/resolver.c b/drivers/of/resolver.c
>> index 65d0b7adfcd4..7edfac6f1914 100644
>> --- a/drivers/of/resolver.c
>> +++ b/drivers/of/resolver.c
>> @@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ static int update_usages_of_a_phandle_reference(struct device_node *overlay,
>>  			goto err_fail;
>>  		}
>>  
>> +		if (offset < 0 || offset + sizeof(__be32) > prop->length) {
>> +			err = -EINVAL;
>> +			goto err_fail;
>> +		}
>> +
>>  		*(__be32 *)(prop->value + offset) = cpu_to_be32(phandle);
>>  	}
>>  
>>
> 
> I should have mentioned that this results in a new compile warning
> for W=2 and W=3.  The new if statement results in:
> 

W=2 warning is:

> drivers/of/resolver.c:125:45: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions [-Wsign-compare]

W=3 warning is:

drivers/of/resolver.c:125:3: warning: conversion to 'unsigned int' from 'int' may change the sign of the result [-Wsign-conversion]

> 
> There are other pre-existing warnings in the same file for comparing
> an integer to prop->length.  The correct solution is probably to
> change the type of the length field in struct property to be
> unsigned.  I have added that task to my todo list.
> 
> -Frank
>