Re: [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Test for "silence" field in struct "pcm_format_data"

[Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@de.adit-jv.com>]

Hello Fabio, hello All,

On Sa, Apr 09, 2022 at 03:26:55 +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> Syzbot reports "KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in
> snd_pcm_format_set_silence".[1]
> 
> It is due to missing validation of the "silence" field of struct
> "pcm_format_data" in "pcm_formats" array.
> 
> Add a test for valid "pat" and, if it is not so, return -EINVAL.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/000000000000d188ef05dc2c7279@google.com/
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+205eb15961852c2c5974@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> I wasn't able to figure out the commit for the "Fixes:" tag. If this patch
> is good, can someone please help with providing this missing information?
> 
>  sound/core/pcm_misc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_misc.c b/sound/core/pcm_misc.c
> index 4866aed97aac..5588b6a1ee8b 100644
> --- a/sound/core/pcm_misc.c
> +++ b/sound/core/pcm_misc.c
> @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ int snd_pcm_format_set_silence(snd_pcm_format_t format, void *data, unsigned int
>  		return 0;
>  	width = pcm_formats[(INT)format].phys; /* physical width */
>  	pat = pcm_formats[(INT)format].silence;
> -	if (! width)
> +	if (!width || !pat)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	/* signed or 1 byte data */
>  	if (pcm_formats[(INT)format].signd == 1 || width <= 8) {

JFYI, PVS-Studio 7.19 reports:

sound/core/pcm_misc.c	409	warn	V560 A part of conditional expression is always false: !pat.

I haven't fully validated the finding, but it appears to be legit,
since the pointer variable (as opposed to the contents behind the
pointer) is always non-null, hence !pat always evaluating to false.

If the above is true, then the patch likely hasn't introduced any
regression, but also likely hasn't fixed the original KASAN problem.

Or are there alternative views?

BR, Eugeniu.