Re: [PATCH] Make sure we parse really received data.

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Hi Hans

Thanks for your patch

On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 at 16:42, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> USB control requests may return less data than we ask for.
> Found using valgrind and webcamd on FreeBSD.

If the usb control request returns less data, then the checks for
ret!=size will trigger.

Am I missing something obvious?

Best regards


>
> ==15522== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
> ==15522==    at 0x662EF4: uvc_fixup_video_ctrl (uvc_video.c:135)
> ==15522==    by 0x662EF4: uvc_get_video_ctrl (uvc_video.c:297)
> ==15522==    by 0x6640B0: uvc_video_init (uvc_video.c:2078)
> ==15522==    by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_video (uvc_driver.c:2258)
> ==15522==    by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_terms (uvc_driver.c:2300)
> ==15522==    by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_chains (uvc_driver.c:2321)
> ==15522==    by 0x65E79D: uvc_probe (uvc_driver.c:2463)
> ==15522==    by 0x3C8F46: usb_linux_probe_p (linux_usb.c:449)
> ==15522==    by 0x75B4B2: main (webcamd.c:1021)
> ==15522==  Uninitialised value was created by a heap allocation
> ==15522==    at 0x4853844: malloc (in
> /usr/local/libexec/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-freebsd.so)
> ==15522==    by 0x3BC8A4: kmalloc (linux_func.c:1807)
> ==15522==    by 0x662C8C: uvc_get_video_ctrl (uvc_video.c:229)
> ==15522==    by 0x6640B0: uvc_video_init (uvc_video.c:2078)
> ==15522==    by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_video (uvc_driver.c:2258)
> ==15522==    by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_terms (uvc_driver.c:2300)
> ==15522==    by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_chains (uvc_driver.c:2321)
> ==15522==    by 0x65E79D: uvc_probe (uvc_driver.c:2463)
> ==15522==    by 0x3C8F46: usb_linux_probe_p (linux_usb.c:449)
> ==15522==    by 0x75B4B2: main (webcamd.c:1021)
>
> Signed-off-by: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> index 9f37eaf28ce7..6233703f9a50 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> @@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ static int uvc_get_video_ctrl(struct uvc_streaming
> *stream,
>                         query == UVC_GET_DEF)
>                 return -EIO;
>
> -       data = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       /*
> +        * Make sure we parse really received data
> +        * by allocating a zeroed buffer.
> +        */
> +       data = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (data == NULL)
>                 return -ENOMEM;
>
> --
> 2.34.1



-- 
Ricardo Ribalda



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