From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: liuc63 <liuc63@xiaopeng.com>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: u_ether: fix out-of-bounds read in get_ether_addr
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:09:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-182716@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023110113.2969708-1-liuc63@xiaopeng.com>
> get_ether_addr() parses a MAC address string with a fixed six-iteration
> loop, unconditionally calling hex_to_bin() twice per iteration. It never
> checks for the terminating NUL, so a short string supplied through the
> configfs dev_addr attribute (e.g. "ab") makes the parser read past the
> end of the buffer, triggering a slab-out-of-bounds read reported by
> KASAN. hex_to_bin() also returns -1 for non-hex characters, which is
> shifted and OR'ed into dev_addr.
>
> Bail out as soon as the string ends or a non-hex digit is found, routing
> all failure paths through the existing eth_random_addr() fallback so that
> dev_addr is always fully initialized before the function returns.
>
> Fixes: 2b3d942c4878 ("usb ethernet gadget: split out network core")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reviewed-by: Fang Xieyan <fangxy@xiaopeng.com>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Chao <liuc63@xiaopeng.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261023110113.2969708-1-liuc63@xiaopeng.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 11:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 11:00 [PATCH] usb: gadget: u_ether: fix out-of-bounds read in get_ether_addr liuc63
2026-10-23 11:09 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-27 17:08 ` Andy Shevchenko
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