Re: [PATCH] HID: Bluetooth: hidp: buffer overflow in hidp_process_report

[Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@android.com>]

On 08/01/2018 09:37 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 03:02:13PM -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
>> CVE-2018-9363
>>
>> The buffer length is unsigned at all layers, but gets cast to int and
>> checked in hidp_process_report and can lead to a buffer overflow.
>> Switch len parameter to unsigned int to resolve issue.
>>
>> This affects 3.18 and newer kernels.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@android.com>
>> Fixes: a4b1b5877b514b276f0f31efe02388a9c2836728 ("HID: Bluetooth: hidp: make sure input buffers are big enough")
>> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
>> Cc: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@gmail.com>
>> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
>> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>> Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
>> Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: security@kernel.org
>> Cc: kernel-team@android.com
> Nit, you only need to bother security@ if you do not have a fix and need
> to figure out one.

Thanks, I thought anything with a CVE was to go there according to 
netdev FAQ (dropped security from response list).
> Also, you forgot to cc: stable@vger.kernel.org to be included in older
> kernel releases :(
netdev FAQ said to _not_ copy stable, I am so confused ;-{ (added stable 
to response list b/c patch is now taken into bluetooth-next)
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h