[PATCH] drm/i2c: tda9950: Remove VLA usage

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jun 20 2018 - 14:27:33 EST


In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
sets the buffer to maximum size and adds a sanity check.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda9950.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda9950.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda9950.c
index 3f7396caad48..28314433c351 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda9950.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda9950.c
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ struct tda9950_priv {
static int tda9950_write_range(struct i2c_client *client, u8 addr, u8 *p, int cnt)
{
struct i2c_msg msg;
- u8 buf[cnt + 1];
+ u8 buf[CEC_MAX_MSG_SIZE + 3];
int ret;

+ if (WARN_ON(cnt > sizeof(buf)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
buf[0] = addr;
memcpy(buf + 1, p, cnt);

--
2.17.1


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Kees Cook
Pixel Security