From: Laxman Acharya Padhya <acharyalaxman8848@gmail.com>
To: Sven Peter <sven@kernel.org>, Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>
Cc: Neal Gompa <neal@gompa.dev>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
asahi@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] soc: apple: rtkit: bound syslog copies to the shared buffer
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:11:38 +0545 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5575a09569af52fa7d8d66a217ca846824ef2745.1787559303.git.acharyalaxman8848@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1787559303.git.acharyalaxman8848@gmail.com>
apple_rtkit_syslog_rx_log() copies a log entry out of the
coprocessor shared-memory ring using an index and layout chosen by the
coprocessor. These values are not checked against syslog_buffer.size,
so buggy firmware can make memcpy_fromio() or memcpy() read past the
DMA mapping.
SYSLOG_INIT also accepts a zero message size. kzalloc(0) returns
ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which is non-NULL, and the later strnlen() size wraps
from zero to SIZE_MAX.
Reject zero-sized messages and make apple_rtkit_memcpy() refuse copies
that do not fit in the shared buffer. Rate limit the bounds warning so
the coprocessor cannot flood the kernel log.
Fixes: 9bd1d9a0d8bb ("soc: apple: Add RTKit IPC library")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Laxman Acharya Padhya <acharyalaxman8848@gmail.com>
---
drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
index 1886f7eba77d..2e62f9b3c948 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
@@ -348,14 +348,23 @@ static void apple_rtkit_free_buffer(struct apple_rtkit *rtk,
bfr->is_mapped = false;
}
-static void apple_rtkit_memcpy(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, void *dst,
- struct apple_rtkit_shmem *bfr, size_t offset,
- size_t len)
-{
+static int apple_rtkit_memcpy(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, void *dst,
+ struct apple_rtkit_shmem *bfr, size_t offset,
+ size_t len)
+{
+ if (offset > bfr->size || len > bfr->size - offset) {
+ dev_warn_ratelimited(rtk->dev,
+ "RTKit: shared-memory copy out of bounds (off 0x%zx len 0x%zx size 0x%zx)\n",
+ offset, len, bfr->size);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (bfr->iomem)
memcpy_fromio(dst, bfr->iomem + offset, len);
else
memcpy(dst, bfr->buffer + offset, len);
+
+ return 0;
}
static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_rx(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
@@ -384,9 +393,10 @@ static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_rx(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
*/
bfr = kzalloc(rtk->crashlog_buffer.size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (bfr) {
- apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, bfr, &rtk->crashlog_buffer, 0,
- rtk->crashlog_buffer.size);
- apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump(rtk, bfr, rtk->crashlog_buffer.size);
+ if (apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, bfr, &rtk->crashlog_buffer, 0,
+ rtk->crashlog_buffer.size) == 0)
+ apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump(rtk, bfr,
+ rtk->crashlog_buffer.size);
} else {
dev_err(rtk->dev,
"RTKit: Couldn't allocate crashlog shadow buffer\n");
@@ -428,6 +438,11 @@ static void apple_rtkit_syslog_rx_init(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
rtk->syslog_n_entries = FIELD_GET(APPLE_RTKIT_SYSLOG_N_ENTRIES, msg);
rtk->syslog_msg_size = FIELD_GET(APPLE_RTKIT_SYSLOG_MSG_SIZE, msg);
+ if (rtk->syslog_msg_size == 0) {
+ dev_warn(rtk->dev, "RTKit: syslog msg_size is zero\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
rtk->syslog_msg_buffer = kzalloc(rtk->syslog_msg_size, GFP_KERNEL);
dev_dbg(rtk->dev,
@@ -444,10 +459,11 @@ static void apple_rtkit_syslog_rx_log(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
{
u8 idx = msg & 0xff;
char log_context[24];
- size_t entry_size = 0x20 + rtk->syslog_msg_size;
+ size_t entry_size;
+ size_t offset;
int msglen;
- if (!rtk->syslog_msg_buffer) {
+ if (!rtk->syslog_msg_buffer || rtk->syslog_msg_size == 0) {
dev_warn(
rtk->dev,
"RTKit: received syslog message but no syslog_msg_buffer\n");
@@ -471,11 +487,16 @@ static void apple_rtkit_syslog_rx_log(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u64 msg)
goto done;
}
- apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, log_context, &rtk->syslog_buffer,
- idx * entry_size + 8, sizeof(log_context));
- apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, rtk->syslog_msg_buffer, &rtk->syslog_buffer,
- idx * entry_size + 8 + sizeof(log_context),
- rtk->syslog_msg_size);
+ entry_size = 0x20 + rtk->syslog_msg_size;
+ offset = (size_t)idx * entry_size + 8;
+ if (apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, log_context, &rtk->syslog_buffer, offset,
+ sizeof(log_context)) < 0)
+ goto done;
+ if (apple_rtkit_memcpy(rtk, rtk->syslog_msg_buffer,
+ &rtk->syslog_buffer,
+ offset + sizeof(log_context),
+ rtk->syslog_msg_size) < 0)
+ goto done;
log_context[sizeof(log_context) - 1] = 0;
--
2.51.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-24 8:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-24 8:26 [PATCH v2 0/4] soc: apple: rtkit: harden syslog shared-buffer handling Laxman Acharya Padhya
2026-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] soc: apple: rtkit: free syslog buffer before reinitializing Laxman Acharya Padhya
2026-08-24 8:26 ` Laxman Acharya Padhya [this message]
2026-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] soc: apple: rtkit: reject syslog indices outside the entry count Laxman Acharya Padhya
2026-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] soc: apple: rtkit: rate limit malformed syslog warnings Laxman Acharya Padhya
2026-08-24 8:55 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] soc: apple: rtkit: harden syslog shared-buffer handling Sven Peter
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