linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 044/328] mtdchar: fix overflows in adjustment of `count`

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Date:   Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:50:33 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        "Boris Brezillon" <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        "Jann Horn" <jannh@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 044/328] mtdchar: fix overflows in adjustment of `count`

3.16.62-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>

commit 6c6bc9ea84d0008024606bf5ba10519e20d851bf upstream.

The first checks in mtdchar_read() and mtdchar_write() attempt to limit
`count` such that `*ppos + count <= mtd->size`. However, they ignore the
possibility of `*ppos > mtd->size`, allowing the calculation of `count` to
wrap around. `mtdchar_lseek()` prevents seeking beyond mtd->size, but the
pread/pwrite syscalls bypass this.

I haven't found any codepath on which this actually causes dangerous
behavior, but it seems like a sensible change anyway.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -190,8 +190,12 @@ static ssize_t mtdchar_read(struct file
 
 	pr_debug("MTD_read\n");
 
-	if (*ppos + count > mtd->size)
-		count = mtd->size - *ppos;
+	if (*ppos + count > mtd->size) {
+		if (*ppos < mtd->size)
+			count = mtd->size - *ppos;
+		else
+			count = 0;
+	}
 
 	if (!count)
 		return 0;
@@ -276,7 +280,7 @@ static ssize_t mtdchar_write(struct file
 
 	pr_debug("MTD_write\n");
 
-	if (*ppos == mtd->size)
+	if (*ppos >= mtd->size)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
 	if (*ppos + count > mtd->size)