linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] tty: fix out-of-bounds access in tty_driver_lookup

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2022 09:43:32 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tty: fix out-of-bounds access in
 tty_driver_lookup_tty()

On 09. 12. 22, 9:10, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org> writes:
> 
>> On 07. 12. 22, 8:52, Sven Schnelle wrote:
>>> When specifying an invalid console= device like console=tty3270,
>>> tty_driver_lookup_tty() returns the tty struct without checking
>>> whether index is a valid number.
>>> [..]
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
>>
>> Yes, this makes sense as a sanity check for all drivers. But I would
>> _also_ disallow registering such a console in vt:
>> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
>> @@ -3075,6 +3075,11 @@ int vt_kmsg_redirect(int new)
>>    * The console must be locked when we get here.
>>    */
>>
>> +static int vt_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
>> +{
>> +       return co->index >= MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? -EINVAL : 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>   static void vt_console_print(struct console *co, const char *b,
>>   unsigned count)
>>   {
>>          struct vc_data *vc = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
>> @@ -3158,6 +3163,7 @@ static struct tty_driver
>> *vt_console_device(struct console *c, int *index)
>>
>>   static struct console vt_console_driver = {
>>          .name           = "tty",
>> +       .setup          = vt_console_setup,
>>          .write          = vt_console_print,
>>          .device         = vt_console_device,
>>          .unblank        = unblank_screen,
>>
>> That means dmesg would say:
>>    Console: colour dummy device 80x25
>>    printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
>>
>> And not:
>>    Console: colour dummy device 80x25
>>    printk: console [tty3270] enabled
>>    printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
> 
> Makes sense. Should i add that to my patch, add a second patch, or
> will you submit that?

If you can create a second patch, it would be great. And if you redo 
this one, please trim the stack traces (you can likely even drop the 
first one).

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs