linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks

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Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 08:27:23 +0200
From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	Janaki Ramaiah Thota <quic_janathot@...cinc.com>,
	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks

On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 07:07:39PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Add the missing sanity checks when parsing the firmware files before
> downloading them to avoid accessing and corrupting memory beyond the
> vmalloced buffer.
> 
> Fixes: 83e81961ff7e ("Bluetooth: btqca: Introduce generic QCA ROME support")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org	# 4.10
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

>  static int qca_tlv_send_segment(struct hci_dev *hdev, int seg_size,
> @@ -532,7 +556,9 @@ static int qca_download_firmware(struct hci_dev *hdev,
>  	memcpy(data, fw->data, size);
>  	release_firmware(fw);
>  
> -	qca_tlv_check_data(hdev, config, data, soc_type);
> +	ret = qca_tlv_check_data(hdev, config, data, size, soc_type);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;

Bah, I realised late last night that I had forgotten to fix this error
path before posting v2. This was supposed to say

	goto out;

to make sure the firmware buffer is released in case we ever encounter
malformed firmware.

I'll send a follow-up patch.

Johan