Re: [PATCH v2] fpga: microchip-spi: add bounds checks in mpf_ops_parse_header()

Greg KH
2026-04-02T16:03:43Z

On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 09:37:52AM -0600, Sebastian Alba Vives wrote:
> From: Sebastian Josue Alba Vives <sebasjosue84@gmail.com>
>
> mpf_ops_parse_header() reads several fields from the bitstream file
> and uses them as offsets and sizes without validating them against the
> buffer size, leading to multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities:
>
> 1. There is no check that count is large enough to read header_size
> at MPF_HEADER_SIZE_OFFSET (24). Add a minimum count check.
>
> 2. When header_size (u8 from file) is 0, the expression
> *(buf + header_size - 1) reads one byte before the buffer.
> Return -EINVAL since retrying with a larger buffer cannot fix
> a zero header_size.
>
> 3. In the block lookup loop, block_id_offset and block_start_offset
> advance by MPF_LOOKUP_TABLE_RECORD_SIZE (9) each iteration with
> blocks_num (u8) controlling the count. With a small buffer, these
> offsets exceed count, causing OOB reads via get_unaligned_le32().
> Return -EAGAIN since a larger buffer may resolve the issue.
>
> 4. components_size_start (from file) and component_size_byte_num
> (derived from components_num, u16 from file) are used as offsets
> into buf without validation, allowing arbitrary OOB reads.
>
> Add bounds checks for all four cases.
>
> Fixes: 5f8d4a9008307 ("fpga: microchip-spi: add Microchip MPF FPGA manager")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Alba Vives <sebasjosue84@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/fpga/microchip-spi.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/microchip-spi.c b/drivers/fpga/microchip-spi.c
> index 6134cea..00fa2d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/fpga/microchip-spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/fpga/microchip-spi.c
> @@ -115,7 +115,13 @@ static int mpf_ops_parse_header(struct fpga_manager *mgr,
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> + if (count < MPF_HEADER_SIZE_OFFSET + 1)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> header_size = *(buf + MPF_HEADER_SIZE_OFFSET);
> + if (!header_size)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> if (header_size > count) {
> info->header_size = header_size;
> return -EAGAIN;
> @@ -139,6 +145,10 @@ static int mpf_ops_parse_header(struct fpga_manager *mgr,
> bitstream_start = 0;
>
> while (blocks_num--) {
> + if (block_id_offset >= count ||
> + block_start_offset + sizeof(u32) > count)
> + return -EAGAIN;
> +
> block_id = *(buf + block_id_offset);
> block_start = get_unaligned_le32(buf + block_start_offset);
>
> @@ -183,6 +193,10 @@ static int mpf_ops_parse_header(struct fpga_manager *mgr,
> component_size_byte_off =
> (i * MPF_BITS_PER_COMPONENT_SIZE) % BITS_PER_BYTE;
>
> + if (components_size_start + component_size_byte_num +
> + sizeof(u32) > count)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> component_size = get_unaligned_le32(buf +
> components_size_start +
> component_size_byte_num);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>

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