Re: [usb-storage] Re: [PATCH] usb: storage: Fix `us->iobuf` size for BOT transmission to prevent memory overflow

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 04:41:11PM +0800, Xin Dai wrote:
> > When the DWC2 controller detects a packet Babble Error, where a device
> > transmits more data over USB than the host controller anticipates for a
> > transaction. It follows this process:
> >
> There is no risk of memory overflow.  The length of the transfer for the
> CSW is limited to US_BULK_CS_WRAP_LEN, which is 13.  And the length of a
> CBW transfer is limited to US_BULK_CB_WRAP_LEN, which is 31 (or to 32
> if the US_FL_BULK32 quirk flag is set).  Therefore a 64-byte buffer is
> more than enough.

There is no risk of memory overflow *unless* the DWC controller
doesn't respect the buffer length as given in the URB.  If there is an
overflow issue here, it is an issue with the controller level.
Matt


-- 
Matthew Dharm
Former Maintainer, USB Mass Storage driver for Linux





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