Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC v3 3/3] hpet: fix buffer overrun on invalid state load

["Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>]

* Michael S. Tsirkin (mst@redhat.com) wrote:
> CVE-2013-4527 hw/timer/hpet.c buffer overrun
> 
> hpet is a VARRAY with a uint8 size but static array of 32
> 
> To fix, make sure num_timers is valid using VMSTATE_TEST hook.
> 
> Reported-by: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>


> ---
>  hw/timer/hpet.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/timer/hpet.c b/hw/timer/hpet.c
> index 1ee0640..7303ade 100644
> --- a/hw/timer/hpet.c
> +++ b/hw/timer/hpet.c
> @@ -248,6 +248,18 @@ static int hpet_pre_load(void *opaque)
>      return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static bool hpet_validate_num_timers(void *opaque, int version_id)
> +{
> +    HPETState *s = opaque;
> +
> +    if (s->num_timers < HPET_MIN_TIMERS) {
> +        return false;
> +    } else if (s->num_timers > HPET_MAX_TIMERS) {
> +        return false;
> +    }
> +    return true;
> +}
> +
>  static int hpet_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
>  {
>      HPETState *s = opaque;
> @@ -318,6 +330,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_hpet = {
>          VMSTATE_UINT64(isr, HPETState),
>          VMSTATE_UINT64(hpet_counter, HPETState),
>          VMSTATE_UINT8_V(num_timers, HPETState, 2),
> +        VMSTATE_TEST("num_timers in range", hpet_validate_num_timers),
>          VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT8(timer, HPETState, num_timers, 0,
>                                      vmstate_hpet_timer, HPETTimer),
>          VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
> -- 
> MST
> 
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK