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From: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>
To: jeandelu@tutamail.com
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Parisc <linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org>,
	Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: eisa_enumerator: Fix out-of-bounds reads of the EEPROM buffer
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:26:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2531343.FHFDcahYGt@eto.sf-tec.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OzWfYcD--F-9@tutamail.com>

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> @@ -491,6 +492,13 @@ int eisa_enumerator(unsigned long eeprom_addr,
> printk(KERN_INFO "Enumerating EISA bus\n");
>   
> eh = (struct eeprom_header*)(eeprom_buf);
> +	/*
> +	* The EEPROM contents are not to be trusted: clamp the number of
> +	* slots so that all slot records fit into eeprom_buf.
> +	*/
> +	eh->num_slots = min_t(u8, eh->num_slots,
> +			     (HPEE_MAX_LENGTH - sizeof(*eh)) /
> +			     sizeof(struct eeprom_eisa_slot_info));

I wonder if that should write out any sort of warning message about a broken 
EEPROM here.

Greetings,

Eike

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      reply	other threads:[~2026-08-23 19:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-08 14:02 [PATCH] parisc: eisa_enumerator: Fix out-of-bounds reads of the EEPROM buffer jeandelu
2026-08-23 19:26 ` Rolf Eike Beer [this message]

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