Re: [PATCH] staging: vme_user: bound slave windows to DMA buffers

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 11:31:37AM +0200, Yousef Alhouseen wrote:
> vme_user allocates a fixed PCI_BUF_SIZE coherent DMA buffer for each
> slave image, but VME_SET_SLAVE passes the user-supplied size to
> vme_slave_set() unchanged. An enabled window larger than PCI_BUF_SIZE lets
> the bridge expose DMA addresses beyond the allocation.
> 
> The character device read/write paths also derive their bounds from
> vme_get_size(), so the oversized programmed window can make
> buffer_to_user() and buffer_from_user() access past
> image[minor].kern_buf.
> 
> Reject enabled slave windows that do not fit in the backing buffer and use
> the same capped size for slave read/write/llseek bounds. Also convert the
> read/write limit checks to subtraction-based form so offset + count cannot
> wrap around the image size check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

What tool did you use to find/make this change, and how was it tested?

thanks,

greg k-h