| Message ID | 20241107113617.402343-1-chenqiuji666@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [SCSI] esas2r: fix possible buffer overflow caused by bad DMA value in esas2r_process_vda_ioctl() | expand |
On Thu, Nov 07, 2024 at 07:36:17PM +0800, Qiu-ji Chen wrote: > In line 1854 of the file esas2r_ioctl.c, the function > esas2r_process_vda_ioctl() is called with the parameter vi being assigned > the value of a->vda_buffer. On line 1892, a->vda_buffer is stored in DMA > memory with the statement > a->vda_buffer = dma_alloc_coherent(&a->pcid->dev, ..., indicating that the > parameter vi passed to the function is also stored in DMA memory. This > suggests that the parameter vi could be altered at any time by malicious > hardware. As James pointed out, "malicious hardware" is not a threat model that Linux worries about at this point in time, sorry. If you wish to have Linux care about this, random driver changes like this is not going to be the way forward, but rather, major things need to be rearchitected in order to "protect" the kernel from bad hardware. But really, if you can't trust the hardware, you have bigger problems, any software can't protect you from that :) sorry, greg k-h
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_vda.c b/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_vda.c index 30028e56df63..48af8c05b01d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_vda.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_vda.c @@ -70,16 +70,17 @@ bool esas2r_process_vda_ioctl(struct esas2r_adapter *a, u32 datalen = 0; struct atto_vda_sge *firstsg = NULL; u8 vercnt = (u8)ARRAY_SIZE(esas2r_vdaioctl_versions); + u8 vi_function = vi->function; vi->status = ATTO_STS_SUCCESS; vi->vda_status = RS_PENDING; - if (vi->function >= vercnt) { + if (vi_function >= vercnt) { vi->status = ATTO_STS_INV_FUNC; return false; } - if (vi->version > esas2r_vdaioctl_versions[vi->function]) { + if (vi->version > esas2r_vdaioctl_versions[vi_function]) { vi->status = ATTO_STS_INV_VERSION; return false; } @@ -89,14 +90,14 @@ bool esas2r_process_vda_ioctl(struct esas2r_adapter *a, return false; } - if (vi->function != VDA_FUNC_SCSI) + if (vi_function != VDA_FUNC_SCSI) clear_vda_request(rq); - rq->vrq->scsi.function = vi->function; + rq->vrq->scsi.function = vi_function; rq->interrupt_cb = esas2r_complete_vda_ioctl; rq->interrupt_cx = vi; - switch (vi->function) { + switch (vi_function) { case VDA_FUNC_FLASH: if (vi->cmd.flash.sub_func != VDA_FLASH_FREAD
In line 1854 of the file esas2r_ioctl.c, the function esas2r_process_vda_ioctl() is called with the parameter vi being assigned the value of a->vda_buffer. On line 1892, a->vda_buffer is stored in DMA memory with the statement a->vda_buffer = dma_alloc_coherent(&a->pcid->dev, ..., indicating that the parameter vi passed to the function is also stored in DMA memory. This suggests that the parameter vi could be altered at any time by malicious hardware. If vi’s value is changed after the first conditional check if (vi->function >= vercnt), it is likely that an array out-of-bounds access could occur in the subsequent check if (vi->version > esas2r_vdaioctl_versions[vi_function]), leading to serious issues. To fix this issue, we will store the value of vi->function in a local variable to ensure that the subsequent checks remain valid. Signed-off-by: Qiu-ji Chen <chenqiuji666@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 26780d9e12ed ("[SCSI] esas2r: ATTO Technology ExpressSAS 6G SAS/SATA RAID Adapter Driver") --- drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_vda.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)