Re: [PATCH] pxa3xx-gcu: Fix integer overflow in pxa3xx_gcu_write

Dan Carpenter
2022-09-20T06:02:51Z

On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 07:00:10AM -0700, Hyunwoo Kim wrote:
> In pxa3xx_gcu_write, a count parameter of
> type size_t is passed to words of type int.
> Then, copy_from_user may cause a heap overflow because
> it is used as the third argument of copy_from_user.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
> index 043cc8f9ef1c..c3cd1e1cc01b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
> @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ pxa3xx_gcu_write(struct file *file, const char *buff,
> struct pxa3xx_gcu_batch *buffer;
> struct pxa3xx_gcu_priv *priv = to_pxa3xx_gcu_priv(file);
>
> - int words = count / 4;
> + size_t words = count / 4;

The count variable is actually capped at MAX_RW_COUNT in vfs_write()
so "words" cannot be negative. This patch helps clean up the code but
it does not affect run time.

This is CVE-2022-39842.

regards,
dan carpenter

PS: The other relavant code for people looking for integer overflows in
read/write functions is in rw_verify_area(). That function prevents a
lot of suspicious looking driver code from being exploitable.