linux-kernel - [char-misc-next] mei: limit number of bytes in mei header.

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Message-Id: <20200211160522.7562-1-tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:05:22 +0200
From:   Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Subject: [char-misc-next] mei: limit number of bytes in mei header.

The MEI message header provides only 9 bits for storing
the message size, limiting to 511.
In theory the host buffer (hbuf) can contain up to 1020 bytes
(limited by byte =  255 * 4)
With the current hardware and hbuf size 512, this is not a real issue,
but as hardening approach we enforce the limit.

Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
---
 drivers/misc/mei/client.c | 4 ++--
 drivers/misc/mei/hw.h     | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
index 1e3edbbacb1e..204d807e755b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ int mei_cl_irq_write(struct mei_cl *cl, struct mei_cl_cb *cb,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	hbuf_len = mei_slots2data(hbuf_slots);
+	hbuf_len = mei_slots2data(hbuf_slots) & MEI_MSG_MAX_LEN_MASK;
 	dr_slots = mei_dma_ring_empty_slots(dev);
 	dr_len = mei_slots2data(dr_slots);
 
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ ssize_t mei_cl_write(struct mei_cl *cl, struct mei_cl_cb *cb)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	hbuf_len = mei_slots2data(hbuf_slots);
+	hbuf_len = mei_slots2data(hbuf_slots) & MEI_MSG_MAX_LEN_MASK;
 	dr_slots = mei_dma_ring_empty_slots(dev);
 	dr_len =  mei_slots2data(dr_slots);
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/hw.h b/drivers/misc/mei/hw.h
index d025a5f8317e..8231b6941adf 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/hw.h
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ struct mei_msg_hdr {
 	u32 extension[0];
 } __packed;
 
+/* The length is up to 9 bits */
+#define MEI_MSG_MAX_LEN_MASK GENMASK(9, 0)
+
 #define MEI_MSG_HDR_MAX 2
 
 struct mei_bus_message {
-- 
2.21.1