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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: sn0x-sharma <sanketsharmacsec@gmail.com>
Cc: jarkko@kernel.org, James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com,
	zohar@linux.ibm.com, dhowells@redhat.com,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, security@kernel.org, w@1wt.eu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] keys: trusted: tpm1: add bounds check in tpm_seal() before memcpy
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:18:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026082651-portal-valid-da58@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825182919.15943-1-sanketsharmacsec@gmail.com>

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 06:29:18PM +0000, sn0x-sharma wrote:
> tpm_seal() computes storedsize from TPM response fields and passes
> it directly to memcpy() into a MAX_BLOB_SIZE buffer without bounds
> validation. A forged TPM response can set storedsize to 4086,
> overflowing the 512-byte blob by 3574 bytes into adjacent slab
> objects.
> 
> Add a check that storedsize does not exceed MAX_BLOB_SIZE before
> the memcpy, returning -EINVAL on oversized responses.
> 
> Reported-by: sn0x-sharma <sanketsharmacsec@gmail.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/

That's not a valid link :(

> Signed-off-by: sn0x-sharma <sanketsharmacsec@gmail.com>

No need for a reported-by: if you author and sign off on the patch.

And we need a real name please, not an alias.

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-26  6:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-25 18:29 [PATCH 1/2] keys: trusted: tpm1: add bounds check in tpm_seal() before memcpy sn0x-sharma
2026-08-25 18:29 ` [PATCH 2/2] keys: trusted: tpm1: reject unauthenticated response tag in TSS_checkhmac1/2 sn0x-sharma
2026-08-26  6:18 ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-08-26  8:04 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] keys: trusted: tpm1: add bounds check in tpm_seal() before memcpy Sanket Sharma
2026-08-26  8:04   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] keys: trusted: tpm1: reject unauthenticated response tag in TSS_checkhmac1/2 Sanket Sharma

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