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* [PATCH] ti-st: fix NULL dereference on protocol type check
@ 2013-07-23 14:29 Gustavo Padovan
  2013-07-24 23:12 ` Andrew Morton
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Gustavo Padovan @ 2013-07-23 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: Gustavo Padovan, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Andrew Morton, channing,
	Pavan Savoy

From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>

If the type we receive is greater than ST_MAX_CHANNELS we can't rely on
type as vector index since we would be accessing unknown memory when we use the type
as index.

 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000001b
 pgd = c0004000
 [0000001b] *pgd=00000000
 Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
 Modules linked in: btwilink wl12xx wlcore mac80211 cfg80211 rfcomm bnep bluo
 CPU: 0    Tainted: G        W     (3.4.0+ #15)
 PC is at st_int_recv+0x278/0x344
 LR is at get_parent_ip+0x14/0x30
 pc : [<c03b01a8>]    lr : [<c007273c>]    psr: 200f0193
 sp : dc631ed0  ip : e3e21c24  fp : dc631f04
 r10: 00000000  r9 : 600f0113  r8 : 0000003f
 r7 : e3e21b14  r6 : 00000067  r5 : e2e49c1c  r4 : e3e21a80
 r3 : 00000001  r2 : 00000001  r1 : 00000001  r0 : 600f0113
 Flags: nzCv  IRQs off  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment kernel
 Control: 10c5387d  Table: 9c50004a  DAC: 00000015

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>
---
 drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
index 0a14280..8e64eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void st_int_recv(void *disc_data,
 			/* Unknow packet? */
 		default:
 			type = *ptr;
-			if (st_gdata->list[type] == NULL) {
+			if (type >= ST_MAX_CHANNELS || st_gdata->list[type] == NULL) {
 				pr_err("chip/interface misbehavior dropping"
 					" frame starting with 0x%02x", type);
 				goto done;
-- 
1.8.1.4


^ permalink raw reply related	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH] ti-st: fix NULL dereference on protocol type check
  2013-07-23 14:29 [PATCH] ti-st: fix NULL dereference on protocol type check Gustavo Padovan
@ 2013-07-24 23:12 ` Andrew Morton
  2013-07-25 18:16   ` Gustavo Padovan
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2013-07-24 23:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gustavo Padovan
  Cc: linux-kernel, Gustavo Padovan, Greg Kroah-Hartman, channing,
	Pavan Savoy

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:31 +0100 Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> wrote:

> From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>
> 
> If the type we receive is greater than ST_MAX_CHANNELS we can't rely on
> type as vector index since we would be accessing unknown memory when we use the type
> as index.
> 
>  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000001b
>  pgd = c0004000
>  [0000001b] *pgd=00000000
>  Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
>  Modules linked in: btwilink wl12xx wlcore mac80211 cfg80211 rfcomm bnep bluo
>  CPU: 0    Tainted: G        W     (3.4.0+ #15)
>  PC is at st_int_recv+0x278/0x344
>  LR is at get_parent_ip+0x14/0x30
>  pc : [<c03b01a8>]    lr : [<c007273c>]    psr: 200f0193
>  sp : dc631ed0  ip : e3e21c24  fp : dc631f04
>  r10: 00000000  r9 : 600f0113  r8 : 0000003f
>  r7 : e3e21b14  r6 : 00000067  r5 : e2e49c1c  r4 : e3e21a80
>  r3 : 00000001  r2 : 00000001  r1 : 00000001  r0 : 600f0113
>  Flags: nzCv  IRQs off  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment kernel
>  Control: 10c5387d  Table: 9c50004a  DAC: 00000015
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> index 0a14280..8e64eb1 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void st_int_recv(void *disc_data,
>  			/* Unknow packet? */
>  		default:
>  			type = *ptr;
> -			if (st_gdata->list[type] == NULL) {
> +			if (type >= ST_MAX_CHANNELS || st_gdata->list[type] == NULL) {
>  				pr_err("chip/interface misbehavior dropping"
>  					" frame starting with 0x%02x", type);
>  				goto done;

This would be a bug in the calling code, would it not?

How did this come about?

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH] ti-st: fix NULL dereference on protocol type check
  2013-07-24 23:12 ` Andrew Morton
@ 2013-07-25 18:16   ` Gustavo Padovan
  2013-07-26 23:15     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Gustavo Padovan @ 2013-07-25 18:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman, channing, Pavan Savoy

* Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> [2013-07-24 16:12:22 -0700]:

> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:31 +0100 Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>
> > 
> > If the type we receive is greater than ST_MAX_CHANNELS we can't rely on
> > type as vector index since we would be accessing unknown memory when we use the type
> > as index.
> > 
> >  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000001b
> >  pgd = c0004000
> >  [0000001b] *pgd=00000000
> >  Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
> >  Modules linked in: btwilink wl12xx wlcore mac80211 cfg80211 rfcomm bnep bluo
> >  CPU: 0    Tainted: G        W     (3.4.0+ #15)
> >  PC is at st_int_recv+0x278/0x344
> >  LR is at get_parent_ip+0x14/0x30
> >  pc : [<c03b01a8>]    lr : [<c007273c>]    psr: 200f0193
> >  sp : dc631ed0  ip : e3e21c24  fp : dc631f04
> >  r10: 00000000  r9 : 600f0113  r8 : 0000003f
> >  r7 : e3e21b14  r6 : 00000067  r5 : e2e49c1c  r4 : e3e21a80
> >  r3 : 00000001  r2 : 00000001  r1 : 00000001  r0 : 600f0113
> >  Flags: nzCv  IRQs off  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment kernel
> >  Control: 10c5387d  Table: 9c50004a  DAC: 00000015
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>
> > ---
> >  drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> > index 0a14280..8e64eb1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> > @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void st_int_recv(void *disc_data,
> >  			/* Unknow packet? */
> >  		default:
> >  			type = *ptr;
> > -			if (st_gdata->list[type] == NULL) {
> > +			if (type >= ST_MAX_CHANNELS || st_gdata->list[type] == NULL) {
> >  				pr_err("chip/interface misbehavior dropping"
> >  					" frame starting with 0x%02x", type);
> >  				goto done;
> 
> This would be a bug in the calling code, would it not?

It is possible and it seems 39f610e40 could be a fix for this. I would need to
test. I was testing it on old kernel without this patch. In any case my patch
is still needed.

	Gustavo

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH] ti-st: fix NULL dereference on protocol type check
  2013-07-25 18:16   ` Gustavo Padovan
@ 2013-07-26 23:15     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2013-07-26 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gustavo Padovan, Andrew Morton, linux-kernel, channing,
	Pavan Savoy

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 07:16:28PM +0100, Gustavo Padovan wrote:
> * Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> [2013-07-24 16:12:22 -0700]:
> 
> > On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:31 +0100 Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>
> > > 
> > > If the type we receive is greater than ST_MAX_CHANNELS we can't rely on
> > > type as vector index since we would be accessing unknown memory when we use the type
> > > as index.
> > > 
> > >  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000001b
> > >  pgd = c0004000
> > >  [0000001b] *pgd=00000000
> > >  Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
> > >  Modules linked in: btwilink wl12xx wlcore mac80211 cfg80211 rfcomm bnep bluo
> > >  CPU: 0    Tainted: G        W     (3.4.0+ #15)
> > >  PC is at st_int_recv+0x278/0x344
> > >  LR is at get_parent_ip+0x14/0x30
> > >  pc : [<c03b01a8>]    lr : [<c007273c>]    psr: 200f0193
> > >  sp : dc631ed0  ip : e3e21c24  fp : dc631f04
> > >  r10: 00000000  r9 : 600f0113  r8 : 0000003f
> > >  r7 : e3e21b14  r6 : 00000067  r5 : e2e49c1c  r4 : e3e21a80
> > >  r3 : 00000001  r2 : 00000001  r1 : 00000001  r0 : 600f0113
> > >  Flags: nzCv  IRQs off  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment kernel
> > >  Control: 10c5387d  Table: 9c50004a  DAC: 00000015
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> > > index 0a14280..8e64eb1 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
> > > @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void st_int_recv(void *disc_data,
> > >  			/* Unknow packet? */
> > >  		default:
> > >  			type = *ptr;
> > > -			if (st_gdata->list[type] == NULL) {
> > > +			if (type >= ST_MAX_CHANNELS || st_gdata->list[type] == NULL) {
> > >  				pr_err("chip/interface misbehavior dropping"
> > >  					" frame starting with 0x%02x", type);
> > >  				goto done;
> > 
> > This would be a bug in the calling code, would it not?
> 
> It is possible and it seems 39f610e40 could be a fix for this. I would need to
> test. I was testing it on old kernel without this patch. In any case my patch
> is still needed.

Why?  Shouldn't you just prevent this from ever happening in the first
place?

thanks,

greg k-h

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