netdev - Re: [PATCH 08/32] staging: wfx: simplify hif_handle_tx

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Message-ID: <2302785.6C7ODC2LYm@pc-42>
Date:   Thu, 2 Apr 2020 14:44:27 +0000
From:   Jérôme Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:     "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/32] staging: wfx: simplify hif_handle_tx_data()

On Thursday 2 April 2020 15:13:39 CEST Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 01:03:41PM +0200, Jerome Pouiller wrote:
[...]
> This is on the TX side so it's probably okay, but one problem I have
> noticed is that we do this on the RX side as well with checking that
> 
>         if (skb->len < sizeof(struct hif_msg))
>                 return -EINVAL;
> 
> So we could be reading beyond the end of the skb.  If we got really
> unlucky it could lead to an Oops.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
> 
Hello Dan,

The function rx_helper() in bh.c already do some sanity checks received data:

    60          WARN(read_len < 4, "corrupted read");
    [...]
    92          } else {
    93                  computed_len = round_up(hif->len, 2);
    94          }
    95          if (computed_len != read_len) {
    96                  dev_err(wdev->dev, "inconsistent message length: %zu != %zu\n",
    97                          computed_len, read_len);
    98                  print_hex_dump(KERN_INFO, "hif: ", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
    99                                 hif, read_len, true);
   100                  goto err;
   101          }


However, I can improve this code:
   - "4" should be replaced by "sizeof(struct hif_msg)" for readability 
   - hif->len is tested through computed_len, but I am not sure to be able
     to prove that it covers all cases
   - rx_helper() should recover the error if read_len < 4

I add that on my TODO list.

-- 
Jérôme Pouiller