From: "Jiawen Wu" <jiawenwu@trustnetic.com>
To: "'Chenguang Zhao'" <chenguang.zhao@linux.dev>,
<mengyuanlou@net-swift.com>, <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
<davem@davemloft.net>, <edumazet@google.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>,
<pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"'Chenguang Zhao'" <zhaochenguang@kylinos.cn>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net] net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:17:54 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0dfc01dd12a8$7c8639c0$7592ad40$@trustnetic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713085111.1481884-1-chenguang.zhao@linux.dev>
> From: Chenguang Zhao <zhaochenguang@kylinos.cn>
>
> txgbe_read_eeprom_hostif() always copies round_up(length, 4) bytes
> into the caller buffer, which ethtool allocates with exactly 'length'
> bytes. A non-4-aligned length therefore causes an out-of-bounds write.
> Copy only the remaining bytes on the final dword instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chenguang Zhao <zhaochenguang@kylinos.cn>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_aml.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_aml.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_aml.c
> index affea1a364ef..26d0cfc58ee2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_aml.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_aml.c
> @@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ int txgbe_read_eeprom_hostif(struct wx *wx,
> dword_len = round_up(length, 4) >> 2;
>
> for (i = 0; i < dword_len; i++) {
> + u32 copy_len = min_t(u32, 4, length - i * 4);
> +
> value = rd32a(wx, WX_FW2SW_MBOX, i + offset);
> le32_to_cpus(&value);
>
> - memcpy(data, &value, 4);
> - data += 4;
> + memcpy(data, &value, copy_len);
> + data += copy_len;
> }
>
> return 0;
> --
> 2.25.1
Thanks for the fix.
Fixes: 9b97b6b5635b ("net: txgbe: support getting module EEPROM by page")
Reviewed-by: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@trustnetic.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-13 9:19 UTC|newest]
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2026-07-13 8:51 [PATCH net] net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM Chenguang Zhao
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