linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: fb-helper: Validate requested pixel format against bpp

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Date:   Wed, 3 Oct 2018 13:36:00 +0200
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:     Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@...opsys.com>
Cc:     dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Alexey Brodkin <alexey.brodkin@...opsys.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org, Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: fb-helper: Validate requested pixel format against bpp

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 1:05 PM Eugeniy Paltsev
<Eugeniy.Paltsev@...opsys.com> wrote:
>
> Validate requested pixel format against bits_per_pixel to reject
> invalid formats with subcomponents length sum is greater than requested
> bits_per_pixel.
>
> weston 5.0.0 with fbdev backend tries to set up an ARGB x8r8g8b8 pixel
> format without bits_per_pixel updating. So it can request
> x8r8g8b8 with 16 bpp which is obviously incorrect and should be
> rejected.
>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@...opsys.com>

drm fbdev emulation doesn't support changing the pixel format at all.
I think we should reject all such request, not just the invalid ones.
Can you pls respin?

Thanks, Daniel

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> index 16ec93b75dbf..4f39da07f053 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> @@ -1610,6 +1610,13 @@ int drm_fb_helper_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
>                 return -EINVAL;
>         }
>
> +       if ((var->green.length + var->blue.length + var->red.length +
> +           var->transp.length) > var->bits_per_pixel) {
> +               DRM_DEBUG("fb requested pixel format can't fit in %d bpp\n",
> +                         var->bits_per_pixel);
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       }
> +
>         switch (var->bits_per_pixel) {
>         case 16:
>                 depth = (var->green.length == 6) ? 16 : 15;
> --
> 2.14.4
>
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