linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4] fbcon: fix fbcon out-of-bounds write in sys

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Message-ID: <YSyTzlUEhrxD7rU4@phenom.ffwll.local>
Date:   Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:16:14 +0200
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:     tcs.kernel@...il.com
Cc:     daniel.vetter@...ll.ch, willy@...radead.org,
        george.kennedy@...cle.com, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        arnd@...db.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp,
        Haimin Zhang <tcs_kernel@...cent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4] fbcon: fix fbcon out-of-bounds write in sys_imageblit

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 11:30:23AM +0800, tcs.kernel@...il.com wrote:
> From: Haimin Zhang <tcs_kernel@...cent.com>
> 
> yres and vyres can be controlled by user mode parameters, and cause
> p->vrows to become a negative value. While this value be passed to real_y
> function, the ypos will be out of screen range.This is an out-of-bounds
> write bug.
> some driver will check xres and yres in fb_check_var callback,but some not
> so we add a common check after that callback.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Haimin Zhang <tcs_kernel@...cent.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>

Does this fix a syzbot crash or how was this discovered?
-Daniel

> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> index 1c85514..5599372 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> @@ -1013,6 +1013,10 @@ static int fb_check_caps(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> +	/* virtual resolution cannot be smaller than visible resolution. */
> +	if (var->yres_virtual < var->yres || var->xres_virtual < var->xres)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	if ((var->activate & FB_ACTIVATE_MASK) != FB_ACTIVATE_NOW)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 

-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch