linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] mtd: cfi_cmdset

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]

Message-ID: <20231023102552.4b053b17@xps-13>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:25:52 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0001: Byte swap OTP info

Hi Linus,

linus.walleij@...aro.org wrote on Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:30:29 +0200:

> Currently the offset into the device when looking for OTP
> bits can go outside of the address of the MTD NOR devices,
> and if that memory isn't readable, bad things happen
> on the IXP4xx (added prints that illustrate the problem before
> the crash):
> 
> cfi_intelext_otp_walk walk OTP on chip 0 start at reg_prot_offset 0x00000100
> ixp4xx_copy_from copy from 0x00000100 to 0xc880dd78
> cfi_intelext_otp_walk walk OTP on chip 0 start at reg_prot_offset 0x12000000
> ixp4xx_copy_from copy from 0x12000000 to 0xc880dd78
> 8<--- cut here ---
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address db000000
> [db000000] *pgd=00000000
> (...)
> 
> This happens in this case because the IXP4xx is big endian and
> the 32- and 16-bit fields in the struct cfi_intelext_otpinfo are not
> properly byteswapped. Compare to how the code in read_pri_intelext()
> byteswaps the fields in struct cfi_pri_intelext.
> 
> Adding a small byte swapping loop for the OTP in read_pri_intelext()
> and the crash goes away.
> 
> The problem went unnoticed for many years until I enabled
> CONFIG_MTD_OTP on the IXP4xx as well, triggering the bug.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Would you like to add a Fixes tag as well? Or is this skipped on
purpose?

> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> ---
> ChangeLog v3->v4:
> - Collected Nico's ACK.
> - Stalled since june! Has this been missed?

Our current organization relies on Vignesh to pick-up (or tell me to
pick-up) cfi patches. But he is slightly less active these days, so if I
don't get any feedback from him soon I will take it for the next merge
window.

Sorry for the delay anyway.

Cheers,
Miquèl