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Message-ID: <b0c48989-4ce7-4338-b4bb-565ea8b6cd82@linaro.org>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 11:28:10 +0100
From: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>
To: Vikash Garodia <quic_vgarodia@...cinc.com>,
Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@...cinc.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org>,
Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vedang Nagar <quic_vnagar@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] media: venus: fix TOCTOU vulnerability when
reading packets from shared memory
On 15/05/2025 10:56, Vikash Garodia wrote:
> memcpy(hfi_dev->pkt_buf, rd_ptr from shared queue, dwords..)
>
> pkt_hdr = (struct hfi_pkt_hdr *) (hfi_dev->pkt_buf);
>
> if ((pkt_hdr->size >> 2) != dwords)
> return -EINVAL;
Yeah it would be better wrt the commit log.
But does it really give additional data-confidence - I don't believe it
does.
=> The firmware can update the pkt header after our
subsequent-to-memcpy() check.
Again this is a data-lifetime expectation question.
You validate the received data against a maximum size reading to a
buffer you know the size of - and do it once.
The firmware might corrupt that data in-between but that is not
catastrophic for the APSS which has a buffer of a known size containing
potential bad data.
Fine - and additional check after the mempcy() only imparts
verisimilitude - only validates our data at the time of the check.
my-linear-uninterrupted-context:
memcpy();
if(*rd_ptr >> 2 > len) <- doesn't branch
return -EBAD
if(*rd_ptr >> 2 > len) <- does branch firmware went nuts
return -EBAD
Superficially you might say this addresses the problem
if (*rd_ptr > MAX)
return -EBAD;
memcpy();
if (*rd_ptr > MAX)
return -EBAD;
But what if the "malicious" firmware only updated the data in the
packet, not the length - or another field we are not checking ?
As I say if this can happen
if (*rd_ptr > MAX)
return -EBAD;
memcpy();
if (*rd_ptr > MAX) // good
return -EBAD;
if (*rd_ptr > MAX) //bad
return -EBAD;
then this can happen
if (*rd_ptr > MAX)
return -EBAD;
memcpy();
if (*rd_ptr > MAX) // good
return -EBAD;
if (*rd_ptr > MAX) //good
return -EBAD;
if (*rd_ptr > MAX) //bad
return -EBAD;
We need to have a crisp and clear definition of the data-lifetime. Since
we don't have a checksum element in the header the only check that makes
sense is to validate the buffer size
data_len = *ptr_val >> 2;
if (data_len > max)
return BAD;
Using the data_len in memcpy if the *ptr_val can change is _NOT_ TOCTOU
This is TOCTOU
if (*ptr_val > max)
return EBAD;
memcpy(dst, src, *ptr_val);
Because I validated the content of the pointer and then I relied on the
data that pointer pointed to, which might have changed.
TBH I think the entire premise of this patch is bogus.
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bod
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