The following is the kasan report. This bug was found in v4.20-rc2, but it is present in the latest version. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in technisat_usb2_get_ir drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c:664 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in technisat_usb2_rc_query+0x598/0x5f0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c:679 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88805ee3d3a8 by task kworker/2:3/8681 CPU: 2 PID: 8681 Comm: kworker/2:3 Not tainted 4.20.0-rc2 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Ubuntu-1.8.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events dvb_usb_read_remote_control Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0xd2/0x148 lib/dump_stack.c:113 print_address_description+0x71/0x239 mm/kasan/report.c:256 kasan_report_error mm/kasan/report.c:354 [inline] kasan_report.cold.5+0x242/0x30b mm/kasan/report.c:412 __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x19/0x20 mm/kasan/report.c:430 technisat_usb2_get_ir drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c:664 [inline] technisat_usb2_rc_query+0x598/0x5f0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c:679 dvb_usb_read_remote_control+0xbd/0x150 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c:261 process_one_work+0x816/0x14d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2153 worker_thread+0x9b/0xce0 kernel/workqueue.c:2296 kthread+0x33d/0x400 kernel/kthread.c:246 ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:352 On 8/20/19 2:19 PM, Hui Peng wrote: > In the while loop of technisat_usb2_get_ir, it scans through > a fix-sized buffer read from the device side, the termination > condition of the loop is `*b == 0xff`. If no `0xff` byte is read > from the device side, OOB access happens. > > This patch fixes the bug by adding an upper bound in the while loop. > > Reported-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx> > Reported-by: Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c > index c659e18b358b..181f5f97af45 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c > @@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ static int technisat_usb2_get_ir(struct dvb_usb_device *d) > u8 *b; > int ret; > struct ir_raw_event ev; > + int i = 0; > > buf[0] = GET_IR_DATA_VENDOR_REQUEST; > buf[1] = 0x08; > @@ -656,11 +657,15 @@ static int technisat_usb2_get_ir(struct dvb_usb_device *d) > > ev.pulse = 0; > while (1) { > + // only `ret` bytes are read from the device side > + if (i >= ret) > + break; > ev.pulse = !ev.pulse; > ev.duration = (*b * FIRMWARE_CLOCK_DIVISOR * FIRMWARE_CLOCK_TICK) / 1000; > ir_raw_event_store(d->rc_dev, &ev); > > b++; > + i++; > if (*b == 0xff) { > ev.pulse = 0; > ev.duration = 888888*2;