linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/repaper: fix integer overflows in repeat functions

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Message-ID: <ejsf4dwcyg7j4wdpdtbs56lbwokzlq65fxn2gxio4l5xg6di2r@pmnpafv3nwxz>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:54:59 -0500
From: Alex Lanzano <lanzano.alex@...il.com>
To: Nikita Zhandarovich <n.zhandarovich@...tech.ru>
Cc: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>, 
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>, Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, 
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, 
	Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/repaper: fix integer overflows in repeat functions

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 05:48:01AM -0800, Nikita Zhandarovich wrote:
> There are conditions, albeit somewhat unlikely, under which right hand
> expressions, calculating the end of time period in functions like
> repaper_frame_fixed_repeat(), may overflow.
> 
> For instance, if 'factor10x' in repaper_get_temperature() is high
> enough (170), as is 'epd->stage_time' in repaper_probe(), then the
> resulting value of 'end' will not fit in unsigned int expression.
> 
> Mitigate this by casting 'epd->factored_stage_time' to wider type before
> any multiplication is done.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with static
> analysis tool SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 3589211e9b03 ("drm/tinydrm: Add RePaper e-ink driver")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Zhandarovich <n.zhandarovich@...tech.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/repaper.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/repaper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/repaper.c
> index 77944eb17b3c..d76c0e8e05f5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/repaper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/repaper.c
> @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static void repaper_frame_fixed_repeat(struct repaper_epd *epd, u8 fixed_value,
>  				       enum repaper_stage stage)
>  {
>  	u64 start = local_clock();
> -	u64 end = start + (epd->factored_stage_time * 1000 * 1000);
> +	u64 end = start + ((u64)epd->factored_stage_time * 1000 * 1000);
>  
>  	do {
>  		repaper_frame_fixed(epd, fixed_value, stage);
> @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static void repaper_frame_data_repeat(struct repaper_epd *epd, const u8 *image,
>  				      const u8 *mask, enum repaper_stage stage)
>  {
>  	u64 start = local_clock();
> -	u64 end = start + (epd->factored_stage_time * 1000 * 1000);
> +	u64 end = start + ((u64)epd->factored_stage_time * 1000 * 1000);
>  
>  	do {
>  		repaper_frame_data(epd, image, mask, stage);

It might be best to change the underlying type in the struct instead of
type casting

Best regards,
Alex