From: Louis Clinckx <clinckx.louis@gmail.com>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Louis Clinckx <clinckx.louis@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] media: uvcvideo: reject bulk output payloads too small for the header
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:30:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261013103041.145445-1-clinckx.louis@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <LE-MESSAGE-ID-REEL-DE-TON-v1>
A bulk video output stream prefixes each payload with a fixed 2-byte
header written by uvc_video_encode_header(). The per-URB length counter
in uvc_video_encode_bulk() is a signed int initialised to the URB size:
int len = stream->urb_size;
...
len -= uvc_video_encode_header(...); /* returns 2 */
An output device can describe a bulk endpoint with wMaxPacketSize 1 and
negotiate dwMaxPayloadTransferSize 1, leaving stream->urb_size == 1. len
then becomes -1, and uvc_video_encode_data() casts it to unsigned
(nbytes = min((unsigned int)len, ...)), so (unsigned)-1 defeats the
clamp and the following memcpy() copies the whole frame past the
one-byte URB buffer.
Rather than guard the encode path, reject the invalid configuration when
the stream is started: the negotiated maximum payload transfer size must
be able to hold the 2-byte payload header. Requiring size >= 2 also
guarantees urb_size = psize * npackets >= 2, so the encode path can no
longer underflow.
Signed-off-by: Louis Clinckx <clinckx.louis@gmail.com>
---
v1 -> v2: per review (Ricardo Ribalda, Laurent Pinchart), reject the bad
configuration at stream start in uvc_init_video_bulk() instead
of adding a guard to the encode path. Can move the check to
probe/commit (uvc_fixup_video_ctrl) if preferred.
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
@@ -1942,6 +1942,16 @@ static int uvc_init_video_bulk(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
size = stream->ctrl.dwMaxPayloadTransferSize;
stream->bulk.max_payload_size = size;
+ /*
+ * Output payloads start with a 2-byte header (see
+ * uvc_video_encode_header()), so a device negotiating a maximum
+ * payload transfer size smaller than that would make the encode
+ * path underflow its signed length counter. Reject it here.
+ */
+ if (stream->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT &&
+ stream->bulk.max_payload_size < 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
npackets = uvc_alloc_urb_buffers(stream, size, psize, gfp_flags);
if (npackets == 0)
return -ENOMEM;
next parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-13 10:30 UTC|newest]
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2026-10-13 10:30 ` Louis Clinckx [this message]
2026-10-13 12:40 ` Ricardo Ribalda
2026-10-13 12:48 ` Laurent Pinchart
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