linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tpm_tis_spi: Account for SPI header when allocating TPM SPI xfer buffer

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Message-Id: <D1G5QU7X1NK0.VACMWFR8IB49@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 15:04:36 +0300
From: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: "Matthew R. Ochs" <mochs@...dia.com>, <peterhuewe@....de>,
 <jgg@...pe.ca>, <kyarlagadda@...dia.com>, <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
 <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: <va@...dia.com>, <csoto@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tpm_tis_spi: Account for SPI header when allocating
 TPM SPI xfer buffer

On Wed May 22, 2024 at 4:59 AM EEST, Matthew R. Ochs wrote:
> The TPM SPI transfer mechanism uses MAX_SPI_FRAMESIZE for computing the
> maximum transfer length and the size of the transfer buffer. As such, it
> does not account for the 4 bytes of header that prepends the SPI data
> frame. This can result in out-of-bounds accesses and was confirmed with
> KASAN.
>
> Introduce SPI_HDRSIZE to account for the header and use to allocate the
> transfer buffer.
>
> Fixes: a86a42ac2bd6 ("tpm_tis_spi: Add hardware wait polling")
> Signed-off-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mochs@...dia.com>
> Tested-by: Carol Soto <csoto@...dia.com>
> ---
> v2: Removed MAX_SPI_BUFSIZE in favor of open coding the buffer allocation
> ---
>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_main.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_main.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_main.c
> index 3f9eaf27b41b..c9eca24bbad4 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_spi_main.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>  #include "tpm_tis_spi.h"
>  
>  #define MAX_SPI_FRAMESIZE 64
> +#define SPI_HDRSIZE 4
>  
>  /*
>   * TCG SPI flow control is documented in section 6.4 of the spec[1]. In short,
> @@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ static int tpm_tis_spi_write_bytes(struct tpm_tis_data *data, u32 addr,
>  int tpm_tis_spi_init(struct spi_device *spi, struct tpm_tis_spi_phy *phy,
>  		     int irq, const struct tpm_tis_phy_ops *phy_ops)
>  {
> -	phy->iobuf = devm_kmalloc(&spi->dev, MAX_SPI_FRAMESIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	phy->iobuf = devm_kmalloc(&spi->dev, SPI_HDRSIZE + MAX_SPI_FRAMESIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!phy->iobuf)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  

Thanks, this is much better. Now when reading the code after months go
by, it is easy to see why the metrics for buffer size are what they
are.

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>

Given that it is a bug fix, I can put this to rc2 pull request. Thanks
for finding and fixing the bug.

BR, Jarkko