linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] fbdev: fbmem: Fix the implicit type casting

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Message-ID: <d323261d-b123-27e5-b629-559ca892163d@gmx.de>
Date:   Thu, 3 Feb 2022 09:18:30 +0100
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003@....edu>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@...il.com>,
        Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>,
        Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] fbdev: fbmem: Fix the implicit type casting

On 2/3/22 07:39, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> I assume you will take this.
>
> Patch is:
> Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>


Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de>

Helge

>
> 	Sam
>
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 03:58:08PM -0800, Yizhuo Zhai wrote:
>> In function do_fb_ioctl(), the "arg" is the type of unsigned long,
>> and in "case FBIOBLANK:" this argument is casted into an int before
>> passig to fb_blank(). In fb_blank(), the comparision
>> if (blank > FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN) would be bypass if the original
>> "arg" is a large number, which is possible because it comes from
>> the user input. Fix this by adding the check before the function
>> call.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003@....edu>
>> ---
>>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>> index 0fa7ede94fa6..13083ad8d751 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>> @@ -1160,6 +1160,8 @@ static long do_fb_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, unsigned int cmd,
>>  		ret = fbcon_set_con2fb_map_ioctl(argp);
>>  		break;
>>  	case FBIOBLANK:
>> +		if (arg > FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN)
>> +			return -EINVAL;
>>  		console_lock();
>>  		lock_fb_info(info);
>>  		ret = fb_blank(info, arg);
>> --
>> 2.25.1