From: "Cen Zhang (Microsoft)" <blbllhy@gmail.com>
To: mchehab@kernel.org, hverkuil@kernel.org
Cc: kees@kernel.org, rongqianfeng@vivo.com, axboe@kernel.dk,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com,
tgopinath@linux.microsoft.com, kys@microsoft.com,
blbllhy@gmail.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] media: dvb-core: add upper bound check in DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE ioctl
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:26:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260814052608.39361-1-blbllhy@gmail.com> (raw)
dvb_dvr_set_buffer_size() and dvb_dmxdev_set_buffer_size() pass the
user-supplied size argument directly to vmalloc() without any upper
bound check. This allows excessive kernel memory allocation via the
DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE ioctl, which can lead to system-wide OOM
conditions.
Kernel panic - not syncing: System is deadlocked on memory
Call Trace:
out_of_memory+0x12fd/0x1370
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x2620/0x2fa0
__vmalloc_node_range_noprof+0x7fa/0x1490
dvb_dvr_do_ioctl+0x11e/0x260 (drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:296)
dvb_usercopy+0x15b/0x360
Fix by clamping both functions to 64 MiB for oversized requests. A
quick survey of SATPI, DVBlast, dvbv5-zap, minisatip, TVheadend,
MythTV, and MuMuDVB found the largest requested buffer to be about
30 MiB.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Fixes: a095be4b030c ("V4L/DVB (7659): dvb-core: Implement DMX_SET_BUFFER_SIZE for dvr")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260722193719.81157-1-blbllhy@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <blbllhy@gmail.com>
---
V3:
- Clamp oversized requests to maximum instead of returning -EINVAL.
- Clamp before size comparison to avoid redundant reallocation.
- Explain the choice of the 64 MiB limit.
V2:
- Add Cc: stable and Link: tag.
drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
index 3c8bc75e4d6c..330255312c85 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
#include <media/dmxdev.h>
#include <media/dvb_vb2.h>
+/* 64 MiB upper bound for DVB ring buffer allocations */
+#define DVB_BUFFER_SIZE_MAX (64 * 1024 * 1024)
+
static int debug;
module_param(debug, int, 0644);
@@ -288,6 +291,8 @@ static int dvb_dvr_set_buffer_size(struct dmxdev *dmxdev,
dprintk("%s\n", __func__);
+ if (size > DVB_BUFFER_SIZE_MAX)
+ size = DVB_BUFFER_SIZE_MAX;
if (buf->size == size)
return 0;
if (!size)
@@ -327,6 +332,8 @@ static int dvb_dmxdev_set_buffer_size(struct dmxdev_filter *dmxdevfilter,
void *newmem;
void *oldmem;
+ if (size > DVB_BUFFER_SIZE_MAX)
+ size = DVB_BUFFER_SIZE_MAX;
if (buf->size == size)
return 0;
if (!size)
--
2.52.0
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