From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Paul Walmsley" <pjw@kernel.org>,
"Palmer Dabbelt" <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
"Albert Ou" <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
"Alexandre Ghiti" <alex@ghiti.fr>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
"John Hubbard" <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
"Alistair Popple" <apopple@nvidia.com>,
"Timur Tabi" <ttabi@nvidia.com>, "Edwin Peer" <epeer@nvidia.com>,
"Zhi Wang" <zhiw@nvidia.com>, "David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>,
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"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Dirk Behme" <dirk.behme@gmail.com>,
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"Joel Fernandes" <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic in FWSEC firmware parsing
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:23:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260126202305.2526618-2-joelagnelf@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260126202305.2526618-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Use checked_add() and checked_mul() when computing offsets from
firmware-provided values in new_fwsec().
Without checked arithmetic, corrupt firmware could cause integer overflow. The
danger is not just wrapping to a huge value, but potentially wrapping to a
small plausible offset that passes validation yet accesses entirely wrong data,
causing silent corruption or security issues.
Reviewed-by: Zhi Wang <zhiw@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec.rs | 60 ++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec.rs
index a8ec08a500ac..71541b1f07d7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec.rs
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@
Signed,
Unsigned, //
},
- num::{
- FromSafeCast,
- IntoSafeCast, //
- },
+ num::FromSafeCast,
vbios::Vbios,
};
@@ -267,7 +264,12 @@ fn new_fwsec(dev: &Device<device::Bound>, bios: &Vbios, cmd: FwsecCommand) -> Re
let ucode = bios.fwsec_image().ucode(&desc)?;
let mut dma_object = DmaObject::from_data(dev, ucode)?;
- let hdr_offset = usize::from_safe_cast(desc.imem_load_size() + desc.interface_offset());
+ // Compute hdr_offset = imem_load_size + interface_offset.
+ let hdr_offset = desc
+ .imem_load_size()
+ .checked_add(desc.interface_offset())
+ .map(usize::from_safe_cast)
+ .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
// SAFETY: we have exclusive access to `dma_object`.
let hdr: &FalconAppifHdrV1 = unsafe { transmute(&dma_object, hdr_offset) }?;
@@ -277,26 +279,28 @@ fn new_fwsec(dev: &Device<device::Bound>, bios: &Vbios, cmd: FwsecCommand) -> Re
// Find the DMEM mapper section in the firmware.
for i in 0..usize::from(hdr.entry_count) {
+ // Compute entry_offset = hdr_offset + header_size + i * entry_size.
+ let entry_offset = hdr_offset
+ .checked_add(usize::from(hdr.header_size))
+ .and_then(|o| o.checked_add(i.checked_mul(usize::from(hdr.entry_size))?))
+ .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
// SAFETY: we have exclusive access to `dma_object`.
- let app: &FalconAppifV1 = unsafe {
- transmute(
- &dma_object,
- hdr_offset + usize::from(hdr.header_size) + i * usize::from(hdr.entry_size),
- )
- }?;
+ let app: &FalconAppifV1 = unsafe { transmute(&dma_object, entry_offset) }?;
if app.id != NVFW_FALCON_APPIF_ID_DMEMMAPPER {
continue;
}
let dmem_base = app.dmem_base;
+ // Compute dmem_mapper_offset = imem_load_size + dmem_base.
+ let dmem_mapper_offset = desc
+ .imem_load_size()
+ .checked_add(dmem_base)
+ .map(usize::from_safe_cast)
+ .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
// SAFETY: we have exclusive access to `dma_object`.
- let dmem_mapper: &mut FalconAppifDmemmapperV3 = unsafe {
- transmute_mut(
- &mut dma_object,
- (desc.imem_load_size() + dmem_base).into_safe_cast(),
- )
- }?;
+ let dmem_mapper: &mut FalconAppifDmemmapperV3 =
+ unsafe { transmute_mut(&mut dma_object, dmem_mapper_offset) }?;
dmem_mapper.init_cmd = match cmd {
FwsecCommand::Frts { .. } => NVFW_FALCON_APPIF_DMEMMAPPER_CMD_FRTS,
@@ -304,13 +308,15 @@ fn new_fwsec(dev: &Device<device::Bound>, bios: &Vbios, cmd: FwsecCommand) -> Re
};
let cmd_in_buffer_offset = dmem_mapper.cmd_in_buffer_offset;
+ // Compute frts_cmd_offset = imem_load_size + cmd_in_buffer_offset.
+ let frts_cmd_offset = desc
+ .imem_load_size()
+ .checked_add(cmd_in_buffer_offset)
+ .map(usize::from_safe_cast)
+ .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
// SAFETY: we have exclusive access to `dma_object`.
- let frts_cmd: &mut FrtsCmd = unsafe {
- transmute_mut(
- &mut dma_object,
- (desc.imem_load_size() + cmd_in_buffer_offset).into_safe_cast(),
- )
- }?;
+ let frts_cmd: &mut FrtsCmd =
+ unsafe { transmute_mut(&mut dma_object, frts_cmd_offset) }?;
frts_cmd.read_vbios = ReadVbios {
ver: 1,
@@ -356,8 +362,12 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
// Patch signature if needed.
let desc = bios.fwsec_image().header()?;
let ucode_signed = if desc.signature_count() != 0 {
- let sig_base_img =
- usize::from_safe_cast(desc.imem_load_size() + desc.pkc_data_offset());
+ // Compute sig_base_img = imem_load_size + pkc_data_offset.
+ let sig_base_img = desc
+ .imem_load_size()
+ .checked_add(desc.pkc_data_offset())
+ .map(usize::from_safe_cast)
+ .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
let desc_sig_versions = u32::from(desc.signature_versions());
let reg_fuse_version =
falcon.signature_reg_fuse_version(bar, desc.engine_id_mask(), desc.ucode_id())?;
--
2.34.1
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-26 20:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-26 20:23 [PATCH v2 0/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic for firmware parsing robustness Joel Fernandes
2026-01-26 20:23 ` Joel Fernandes [this message]
2026-01-28 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic in FWSEC firmware parsing Alexandre Courbot
2026-01-28 8:08 ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-01-28 15:30 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-01-28 10:53 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-01-28 15:14 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-01-29 0:20 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-01-29 0:36 ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-01-29 0:42 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-01-29 0:58 ` John Hubbard
2026-02-03 22:24 ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-02-04 18:54 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-04 21:08 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-01-26 20:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic in Booter signature parsing Joel Fernandes
2026-01-26 20:23 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic in frombytes_at helper Joel Fernandes
2026-01-26 20:23 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic in BinFirmware::data Joel Fernandes
2026-01-26 20:23 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic in RISC-V firmware parsing Joel Fernandes
2026-01-27 13:54 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic for firmware parsing robustness Gary Guo
2026-01-28 7:59 ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-02-25 0:59 ` Alexandre Courbot
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