Re: [PATCH v2] fbmem: don't allow too huge resolutions

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 3:15 AM Tetsuo Handa
<penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:
> syzbot is reporting page fault at vga16fb_fillrect() [1], for
> vga16fb_check_var() is failing to detect multiplication overflow.
>
>   if (vxres * vyres > maxmem) {
>     vyres = maxmem / vxres;
>     if (vyres < yres)
>       return -ENOMEM;
>   }
>
> Since no module would accept too huge resolutions where multiplication
> overflow happens, let's reject in the common path.
>
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=04168c8063cfdde1db5e [1]
> Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+04168c8063cfdde1db5e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
> Debugged-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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