From: "Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>
To: "Chen.Yu" <chyyuu@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, levex@linux.com,
xiaoqixue_1@163.com, fanwlexca@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: integer overflow in megadev_ioctl()
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:59:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xbo0kinkv.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1386960092-32475-1-git-send-email-chyyuu@gmail.com> (Chen Yu's message of "Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:41:32 +0800")
"Chen.Yu" <chyyuu@gmail.com> writes:
> From: "Chen.Yu" <chyyuu@gmail.com>
>
> There is a potential integer overflow in megadev_ioctl() if
> userspace passes in a large u32 variable uioc.adapno.
> The int variable adapno would < 0, leading to an error
> array access for hdb_soft_state[adapno], or an error
> copy_to_user(uioc.uioc_uaddr, mcontroller+adapno,..)
>
> Reported-by: Wenliang Fan <fanwlexca@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Qixue Xiao <xiaoqixue_1@163.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Chen <chyyuu@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@linux.com>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/megaraid.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
> index 816db12..0b90c54 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
> @@ -3099,7 +3099,10 @@ megadev_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> /*
> * Which adapter
> */
> - if( (adapno = GETADAP(uioc.adapno)) >= hba_count )
> + adapno = GETADAP(uioc.adapno);
> + if( adapno < 0 )
> + return (-EINVAL);
> + if( adapno >= hba_count )
> return (-ENODEV);
This relies on implementation-defined behaviour when converting an
unsigned integer to signed integer. A simpler and more robust fix is to
make the local variable 'adapno' unsigned.
--
Måns Rullgård
mans@mansr.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-13 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-13 18:41 Chen.Yu
2013-12-13 18:59 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2013-12-14 0:35 ` Yu Chen
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2013-12-14 0:51 Chen.Yu
2013-12-13 16:55 Yu Chen
2013-12-13 17:01 ` Levente Kurusa
2013-12-13 17:31 ` Yu Chen
2013-12-13 17:43 ` Levente Kurusa
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