linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: ses: Fix out-of-bounds memory access in ses_enclosure_data

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Date:   Mon, 20 May 2019 07:52:18 -0700
From:   James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: ses: Fix out-of-bounds memory access in
 ses_enclosure_data_process()

On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 10:41 -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
[...]
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/ses.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/ses.c
> > @@ -605,9 +605,14 @@ static void ses_enclosure_data_process(struct
> > enclosure_device *edev,
> >  			     /* these elements are optional */
> >  			     type_ptr[0] ==
> > ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_SCSI_TARGET_PORT ||
> >  			     type_ptr[0] ==
> > ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_SCSI_INITIATOR_PORT ||
> > -			     type_ptr[0] ==
> > ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_CONTROLLER_ELECTRONICS))
> > +			     type_ptr[0] ==
> > ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_CONTROLLER_ELECTRONICS)) {
> >  				addl_desc_ptr += addl_desc_ptr[1]
> > + 2;
> >  
> > +				/* Ensure no out-of-bounds memory
> > access */
> > +				if (addl_desc_ptr >= ses_dev-
> > >page10 +
> > +						     ses_dev-
> > >page10_len)
> > +					addl_desc_ptr = NULL;
> > +			}
> >  		}
> >  	}
> >  	kfree(buf);
> 
> Ping! Any comment on this patch.

The update looks fine to me:

Reviewed-by: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>

It might also be interesting to find out how the proliant is
structuring this descriptor array to precipitate the out of bounds: Is
it just an off by one or something more serious?

James