[PATCH v3] char: tty3270: fix a missing check on list iterator

Xiaomeng Tong
2022-03-28T09:35:22Z

The bug is here:
if (s->len != flen) {

The list iterator 's' will point to a bogus position containing
HEAD if the list is empty or no element is found. This case must
be checked before any use of the iterator, otherwise it may bpass
the 'if (s->len != flen) {' in theory iif s->len's value is flen,
or/and lead to an invalid memory access.

To fix this bug, use a new variable 'iter' as the list iterator,
while using the origin variable 's' as a dedicated pointer to
point to the found element. And if the list is empty or no element
is found, WARN_ON and return.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: ^1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>
---
changes since v2:
- WARN_ON and return (Sven Schnelle)

changes since v1:
- reallocate s when s == NULL (Sven Schnelle)

v1:https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220327064931.7775-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com/
v2:https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220328070543.24671-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com/

---
drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
index 5c83f71c1d0e..9d0952178322 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
@@ -1109,9 +1109,9 @@ static void tty3270_put_character(struct tty3270 *tp, char ch)
static void
tty3270_convert_line(struct tty3270 *tp, int line_nr)
{
+ struct string *s = NULL, *n, *iter;
struct tty3270_line *line;
struct tty3270_cell *cell;
- struct string *s, *n;
unsigned char highlight;
unsigned char f_color;
char *cp;
@@ -1142,9 +1142,14 @@ tty3270_convert_line(struct tty3270 *tp, int line_nr)

/* Find the line in the list. */
i = tp->view.rows - 2 - line_nr;
- list_for_each_entry_reverse(s, &tp->lines, list)
- if (--i <= 0)
+ list_for_each_entry_reverse(iter, &tp->lines, list)
+ if (--i <= 0) {
+ s = iter;
break;
+ }
+
+ if(WARN_ON(!s))
+ return;
/*
* Check if the line needs to get reallocated.
*/
--
2.17.1