linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.16 04/72] leds: leds-lp5562 allow firmware files up to the maximum length

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:37:55 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Nick Stoughton <nstoughton@...itech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.16 04/72] leds: leds-lp5562 allow firmware files up to
 the maximum length

On Sun 2019-12-08 13:52:48, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 3.16.79-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let
> me know.

Nobody is hitting this one and noone cares. Not a serious bug as
described in stable rules.

I'd recommend dropping.
								Pavel


> ------------------
> 
> From: Nick Stoughton <nstoughton@...itech.com>
> 
> commit ed2abfebb041473092b41527903f93390d38afa7 upstream.
> 
> Firmware files are in ASCII, using 2 hex characters per byte. The
> maximum length of a firmware string is therefore
> 
> 16 (commands) * 2 (bytes per command) * 2 (characters per byte) = 64
> 
> Fixes: ff45262a85db ("leds: add new LP5562 LED driver")
> Signed-off-by: Nick Stoughton <nstoughton@...itech.com>
> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
> Signed-off-by: Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/leds/leds-lp5562.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5562.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5562.c
> @@ -263,7 +263,11 @@ static void lp5562_firmware_loaded(struc
>  {
>  	const struct firmware *fw = chip->fw;
>  
> -	if (fw->size > LP5562_PROGRAM_LENGTH) {
> +	/*
> +	 * the firmware is encoded in ascii hex character, with 2 chars
> +	 * per byte
> +	 */
> +	if (fw->size > (LP5562_PROGRAM_LENGTH * 2)) {
>  		dev_err(&chip->cl->dev, "firmware data size overflow: %zu\n",
>  			fw->size);
>  		return;

-- 
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

Download attachment "signature.asc" of type "application/pgp-signature" (196 bytes)