From: Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@gmail.com>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ihex: Fix 16 bit truncation in ihex_binrec_size()
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:21:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902-ihex-v1-1-67fdbf8d97ff@gmail.com> (raw)
ihex_binrec_size() returns uint16_t while computing be16_to_cpu(p->len) +
sizeof(struct ihex_binrec), so record lengths of 65530 and above wrap.
__ihex_next_binrec() uses the result as the offset to the next record. A
length of 65530 gives an advance of zero, so ihex_validate_fw() spins on
the same record forever. Lengths of 65531 to 65535 advance by 4 or 8
instead of 65544, so a 14 byte image passes validation while its first
record claims 65535 bytes of payload. emi26_load_firmware() passes it to
emi26_writememory(), which kmemdup()s 65535 bytes out of a 14 byte buffer
producing the following splat:
BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in kmemdup_noprof+0x3b/0x50
Read of size 65535 at addr ffffc90000075006 by task kworker/11:1/174
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1e0
__asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60
kmemdup_noprof+0x3b/0x50
emi26_writememory+0x29/0xd0
emi26_probe+0x2d1/0xb64
Return size_t so neither the addition nor the following ALIGN() can wrap.
Fixes: 9fb4ab4d3dd6 ("ihex: Simplify next record offset calculation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/ihex.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ihex.h b/include/linux/ihex.h
index b824877e6d1b..0da1c4e3e693 100644
--- a/include/linux/ihex.h
+++ b/include/linux/ihex.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct ihex_binrec {
uint8_t data[];
} __attribute__((packed));
-static inline uint16_t ihex_binrec_size(const struct ihex_binrec *p)
+static inline size_t ihex_binrec_size(const struct ihex_binrec *p)
{
return be16_to_cpu(p->len) + sizeof(*p);
}
---
base-commit: 89a312991dc6e638a36adc43ccb91dbc25504c04
change-id: 20260902-ihex-62b68b7e2bae
Best regards,
--
Vasileios Almpanis <vasilisalmpanis@gmail.com>
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 10:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 10:21 Vasileios Almpanis [this message]
2026-09-02 11:06 ` [PATCH] ihex: Fix 16 bit truncation in ihex_binrec_size() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-09-02 12:45 ` Vasileios Almpanis
2026-09-02 12:56 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-09-02 13:46 ` Vasileios Almpanis
2026-09-02 15:31 ` David Laight
2026-09-02 16:35 ` Vasileios Almpanis
2026-09-02 18:23 ` David Laight
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