Re: [PATCH] jffs2: Fix integer underflow in jffs2_rtime_compress

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On 2018/12/16 0:23, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> The rtime compressor assumes that at least two bytes are
> compressed.
> If we try to compress just one byte, the loop condition will
> wrap around and an out-of-bounds write happens.
> 
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/jffs2/compr_rtime.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> It seems that it doesn't incur any harm because the minimal allocated
size will be 8-bytes and jffs2_rtime_compress() will write 2-bytes into
the allocated buffer.

> diff --git a/fs/jffs2/compr_rtime.c b/fs/jffs2/compr_rtime.c
> index 406d9cc84ba8..cbf700001fc9 100644
> --- a/fs/jffs2/compr_rtime.c
> +++ b/fs/jffs2/compr_rtime.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ static int jffs2_rtime_compress(unsigned char *data_in,
>  
>  	memset(positions,0,sizeof(positions));
>  
> +	if (*dstlen < 2)
> +		return -1;
> +
>  	while (pos < (*sourcelen) && outpos <= (*dstlen)-2) {
>  		int backpos, runlen=0;
>  		unsigned char value;
> 




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