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ALSA: fireface: fix info leak in hwdep_read()

Message ID YAka5xudQNQgRkuC@mwanda
State New
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Series ALSA: fireface: fix info leak in hwdep_read() | expand

Commit Message

Dan Carpenter Jan. 21, 2021, 6:10 a.m. UTC
If "ff->dev_lock_changed" has not changed and "count" is too large then
this will copy data beyond the end of the struct to user space.

Fixes: f656edd5fb33 ("ALSA: fireface: add hwdep interface")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
 sound/firewire/fireface/ff-hwdep.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Dan Carpenter Jan. 22, 2021, 7:13 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 09:42:04PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> Le 21/01/2021 à 07:10, Dan Carpenter a écrit :
> > If "ff->dev_lock_changed" has not changed
> 
> According to the "while (!ff->dev_lock_changed) { ... }" just above and the
> lock in place, can this ever happen?
> 
> In other word, I wonder if the "if (ff->dev_lock_changed)" test makes sense
> and if it could be removed.
> 
> 
> (same for your other patch against sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw-hwdep.c)
> 

Yeah.  That's a good point.  I'll resend.

regards,
dan carpenter
Takashi Sakamoto Jan. 25, 2021, 1:46 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 02:12:54PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Smatch complains that "count" isn't clamped properly and
> "oxfw->dev_lock_changed" is false then it leads to an information
> leak.  But it turns out that "oxfw->dev_lock_changed" is always
> set and the condition can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---
> v2: this version just removes the condition
> 
>  sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw-hwdep.c | 10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 
Acked-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp> 

> diff --git a/sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw-hwdep.c b/sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw-hwdep.c
> index 9e1b3e151bad..a0fe99618554 100644
> --- a/sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw-hwdep.c
> +++ b/sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw-hwdep.c
> @@ -35,13 +35,11 @@ static long hwdep_read(struct snd_hwdep *hwdep, char __user *buf,  long count,
>  	}
>  
>  	memset(&event, 0, sizeof(event));
> -	if (oxfw->dev_lock_changed) {
> -		event.lock_status.type = SNDRV_FIREWIRE_EVENT_LOCK_STATUS;
> -		event.lock_status.status = (oxfw->dev_lock_count > 0);
> -		oxfw->dev_lock_changed = false;
> +	event.lock_status.type = SNDRV_FIREWIRE_EVENT_LOCK_STATUS;
> +	event.lock_status.status = (oxfw->dev_lock_count > 0);
> +	oxfw->dev_lock_changed = false;
>  
> -		count = min_t(long, count, sizeof(event.lock_status));
> -	}
> +	count = min_t(long, count, sizeof(event.lock_status));
>  
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&oxfw->lock);
>  
> -- 
> 2.29.2

Regards

Takashi Sakamoto
Takashi Iwai Jan. 25, 2021, 1:51 p.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:12:54 +0100,
Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> Smatch complains that "count" isn't clamped properly and
> "oxfw->dev_lock_changed" is false then it leads to an information
> leak.  But it turns out that "oxfw->dev_lock_changed" is always
> set and the condition can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---
> v2: this version just removes the condition

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi
Takashi Iwai Jan. 25, 2021, 1:51 p.m. UTC | #4
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:13:44 +0100,
Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> Smatch complains that "count" is not clamped when "ff->dev_lock_changed"
> and it leads to an information leak.  Fortunately, that's not actually
> possible and the condition can be deleted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---
> v2: just delet the condition

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi
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Patch

diff --git a/sound/firewire/fireface/ff-hwdep.c b/sound/firewire/fireface/ff-hwdep.c
index 4b2e0dff5ddb..b84dde609a03 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/fireface/ff-hwdep.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/fireface/ff-hwdep.c
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@  static long hwdep_read(struct snd_hwdep *hwdep, char __user *buf,  long count,
 	}
 
 	memset(&event, 0, sizeof(event));
+	count = min_t(long, count, sizeof(event.lock_status));
 	if (ff->dev_lock_changed) {
 		event.lock_status.type = SNDRV_FIREWIRE_EVENT_LOCK_STATUS;
 		event.lock_status.status = (ff->dev_lock_count > 0);
 		ff->dev_lock_changed = false;
 
-		count = min_t(long, count, sizeof(event.lock_status));
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ff->lock);