From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: Wenliang Fan <fanwlexca@gmail.com>
Cc: gregkh <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
klmckinney1 <klmckinney1@gmail.com>,
tulinizer <tulinizer@gmail.com>,
devel <devel@driverdev.osuosl.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/staging/bcm: Integer overflow
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:12:55 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131220091255.GR5443@mwanda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPLUJPaJiiaervQTPoYES3C9mvTx2gGGXizrEMN3GA6jY=b0Mw@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 04:51:45PM +0800, Wenliang Fan wrote:
> Thanks for your advice.
> But the variable 'psFlash2xReadWrite->offset' in '
> *drivers/staging/bcm/nvm.c*:validateFlash2xReadWrite()' is also comes from
> user space, which would cause an integer overflow in the following line:
>
> if ((uiSectStartOffset + psFlash2xReadWrite->offset + uiNumOfBytes) <=
> uiSectEndOffset)
>
> in '*drivers/staging/bcm/**nvm.c*: validateFlash2xReadWrite()',
> and another integer overflow in the following line:
>
>
> ReadOffset = ReadOffset + ReadBytes; (or WriteOffset = WriteOffset +
> WriteBytes;)
>
> in '*drivers/staging/bcm/**Bcmchar.c*: bcm_char_ioctl()'.
>
Alright, fine. But the new check is messy. Do it like this:
/* these are user controlled and can lead to integer overflows */
if (psFlash2xReadWrite->offset > uiSectEndOffset)
return false;
if (uiNumOfBytes > uiSectEndOffset)
return false;
if (uiSectStartOffset + psFlash2xReadWrite->offset + uiNumOfBytes > uiSectEndOffset)
return false;
return true;
That way each step is simpler to understand. People are too fond of
compound conditions... *grumble*.
regards,
dan carpenter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-20 9:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-20 7:13 [PATCH] drivers/staging/bcm: Integer overflow Wenliang Fan
2013-12-20 8:16 ` Dan Carpenter
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2013-12-20 9:12 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
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2013-12-20 10:19 Wenliang Fan
2013-12-20 10:45 ` Dan Carpenter
2013-12-20 11:07 Wenliang Fan
2013-12-20 11:18 ` Dan Carpenter
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