From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
To: haren@us.ibm.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: nx - validate 'ignore' before subtracting in decompress
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:58:39 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260925175839.3704942-1-qwe.aldo@gmail.com> (raw)
The decompress() function subtracts the header-supplied `ignore` value
(a u16 from the compressed stream) from `dlen` (the number of bytes
produced by the decompressor) without checking that ignore <= dlen.
If a caller decompresses a crafted buffer where `hdr->ignore` exceeds
the actual decompressed length, the subtraction wraps around to a
near-UINT_MAX value. The subsequent memcpy() then copies gigabytes of
data past the destination buffer, causing an out-of-bounds kernel write.
Add a bounds check before the subtraction and return -EINVAL if the
value is inconsistent.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
---
drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@
slen -= spadding;
+ if (ignore > dlen)
+ return -EINVAL;
dlen -= ignore;
if (ignore)
pr_debug("ignoring last %x bytes\n", ignore);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-25 17:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-25 17:58 Aldo Ariel Panzardo [this message]
2026-10-02 8:07 ` [PATCH] crypto: nx - validate 'ignore' before subtracting in decompress Herbert Xu
2026-10-02 10:15 ` Herbert Xu
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