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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Hungyu Lin <dennylin0707@gmail.com>
Cc: thierry.reding@gmail.com, jonathanh@nvidia.com,
	skomatineni@nvidia.com, luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com,
	mchehab@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: tegra-video: vi: validate format index before bitmap_set
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:53:08 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <adyg5BpDpi5I97-s@stanley.mountain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260412154843.29056-1-dennylin0707@gmail.com>

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 03:48:43PM +0000, Hungyu Lin wrote:
> tegra_get_format_idx_by_code() returns -1 when no matching format
> is found. vi_tpg_fmts_bitmap_init() used the returned index directly
> in bitmap_set(), which may lead to an out-of-bounds access when the
> format is not present.
> 
> This can occur when TPG is enabled on SoCs whose video_formats[]
> table does not include the requested media bus formats.
> 
> Validate the index before calling bitmap_set().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hungyu Lin <dennylin0707@gmail.com>
> ---

This isn't a bug which can occur in real life since the index is
always found...  If there were really a bug, like say someone were
writing a new driver and messed up, then this would just paper over
the issue and make the bug harder to find, so in a way it makes the
code worse.

regards,
dan carpenter


      reply	other threads:[~2026-04-13  7:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-12 15:48 [PATCH] media: tegra-video: vi: validate format index before bitmap_set Hungyu Lin
2026-04-13  7:53 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]

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