On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 02:10:20PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > The value av7110->debi_virt is stored in DMA memory, and it is assigned > > to data, and thus data[0] can be modified at any time by malicious > > hardware. In this case, "if (data[0] < 2)" can be passed, but then > > data[0] can be changed into a large number, which may cause buffer > > overflow when the code "av7110->ci_slot[data[0]]" is used. > > > > To fix this possible bug, data[0] is assigned to a local variable, which > > replaces the use of data[0]. > > I'm pretty sure hardware capable of manipulating memory can work > around any such checks, but... > > > +++ b/drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110.c > > @@ -424,14 +424,15 @@ static void debiirq(unsigned long cookie) > > case DATA_CI_GET: > > { > > u8 *data = av7110->debi_virt; > > + u8 data_0 = data[0]; > > > > - if ((data[0] < 2) && data[2] == 0xff) { > > + if (data_0 < 2 && data[2] == 0xff) { > > int flags = 0; > > if (data[5] > 0) > > flags |= CA_CI_MODULE_PRESENT; > > if (data[5] > 5) > > flags |= CA_CI_MODULE_READY; > > - av7110->ci_slot[data[0]].flags = flags; > > + av7110->ci_slot[data_0].flags = flags; > > This does not even do what it says. Compiler is still free to access > data[0] multiple times. It needs READ_ONCE() to be effective. Yes, it seems quite dubious to me. If we *really* want to guard against rogue hardware here, the whole DMA buffer should be copied. I don't think it's worth it, a rogue PCI device can do much more harm. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart