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From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: "Stuart Hayes" <stuart.w.hayes@gmail.com>,
	"Hans de Goede" <hansg@kernel.org>,
	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>,
	"Doug Warzecha" <Douglas_Warzecha@dell.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@osdl.org>,
	"Andy Shevchenko" <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] platform/x86: dell: dcdbas: Validate the WSMT buffer description
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:17:57 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e2f8ce920d1fe503bf8b506f3cea2a0b72187261.1794633178.git.rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1794633178.git.rosenp@gmail.com>

dcdbas_check_wsmt() takes the address and size of the firmware SMI
buffer from an SMBIOS OEM string or from an EPS table in the BIOS area,
and sets

	smi_buf.size = remap_size - 8;
	max_smi_data_buf_size = smi_buf.size;

without checking that remap_size is larger than the 8 byte semaphore.
An OEM string such as "30[addr;0]" or an EPS table with
num_of_4k_pages == 0 makes the size wrap to almost 2^64, and smi_data
reads and writes can then access memory well past the mapping.

check_eps_table() also accepts a table with length 0, since the
checksum of zero bytes is zero, and then trusts the rest of it.

Reject buffers of 8 bytes or less, and EPS tables shorter than
struct smm_eps_table.

Fixes: 12c956c4f32e ("firmware: dcdbas: Add support for WSMT ACPI table")
Fixes: 47a94c551a74 ("platform/x86: dcdbas: Check SMBIOS for protected buffer address")
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell/dcdbas.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dcdbas.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dcdbas.c
index d5a93aca9c93..af4c1d2fe497 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dcdbas.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dcdbas.c
@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ static inline struct smm_eps_table *check_eps_table(u8 *addr)
 	if (strncmp(eps->smm_comm_buff_anchor, SMM_EPS_SIG, 4) != 0)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (eps->length < sizeof(*eps))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (checksum(addr, eps->length) != 0)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -600,6 +603,12 @@ static int dcdbas_check_wsmt(void)
 		dev_warn(&dcdbas_pdev->dev, "found WSMT, but buffer address is above 4GB\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	/* The first 8 bytes are a semaphore, so there must be room after them */
+	if (remap_size <= 8) {
+		dev_warn(&dcdbas_pdev->dev, "found WSMT, but buffer size %llu is too small\n",
+			 remap_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Limit remap size to MAX_SMI_DATA_BUF_SIZE + 8 (since the first 8
 	 * bytes are used for a semaphore, not the data buffer itself).
-- 
2.56.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-14  6:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-14  6:17 [PATCH 0/5] platform/x86: dell: dcdbas: Fix SMI completion wait and buffer handling Rosen Penev
2026-11-14  6:17 ` [PATCH 1/5] platform/x86: dell: dcdbas: Actually wait for the host control SMI Rosen Penev
2026-11-14  6:17 ` [PATCH 2/5] platform/x86: dell: dcdbas: Suppress bind attributes of the platform driver Rosen Penev
2026-11-14  6:17 ` [PATCH 3/5] platform/x86: dell: dcdbas: Release the SMI buffer in remove Rosen Penev
2026-11-14  6:17 ` Rosen Penev [this message]
2026-11-14  6:17 ` [PATCH 5/5] platform/x86: dell: dcdbas: Use read_poll_timeout_atomic() for the type 1 SMI Rosen Penev

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