Re: [PATCH] Fix an OOB bug in uac_mixer_unit_bmControls

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Sat Aug 17 2019 - 02:55:42 EST


On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 06:32:07 +0200,
Hui Peng wrote:
>
> `uac_mixer_unit_get_channels` calls `uac_mixer_unit_bmControls`
> to get pointer to bmControls field. The current implementation of
> `uac_mixer_unit_get_channels` does properly check the size of
> uac_mixer_unit_descriptor descriptor and may allow OOB access
> in `uac_mixer_unit_bmControls`.
>
> Reported-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>

Ah a good catch.

One easier fix in this case would be to get the offset from
uac_mixer_unit_bmControls(), e.g.

/* calculate the offset of bmControls field */
size_t bmc_offset = uac_mixer_unit_bmControls(NULL, protocol) - NULL;
....
if (desc->bLength < bmc_offset)
return 0;

thanks,

Takashi


> ---
> sound/usb/mixer.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.c b/sound/usb/mixer.c
> index b5927c3d5bc0..00e6274a63c3 100644
> --- a/sound/usb/mixer.c
> +++ b/sound/usb/mixer.c
> @@ -738,28 +738,39 @@ static int get_cluster_channels_v3(struct mixer_build *state, unsigned int clust
> static int uac_mixer_unit_get_channels(struct mixer_build *state,
> struct uac_mixer_unit_descriptor *desc)
> {
> - int mu_channels;
> + int mu_channels = 0;
> void *c;
>
> - if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc))
> - return -EINVAL;
> if (!desc->bNrInPins)
> return -EINVAL;
> - if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins)
> - return -EINVAL;
>
> switch (state->mixer->protocol) {
> case UAC_VERSION_1:
> + // limit derived from uac_mixer_unit_bmControls
> + if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins + 4)
> + return 0;
> +
> + mu_channels = uac_mixer_unit_bNrChannels(desc);
> + break;
> +
> case UAC_VERSION_2:
> - default:
> - if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins + 1)
> + // limit derived from uac_mixer_unit_bmControls
> + if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins + 6)
> return 0; /* no bmControls -> skip */
> +
> mu_channels = uac_mixer_unit_bNrChannels(desc);
> break;
> case UAC_VERSION_3:
> + // limit derived from uac_mixer_unit_bmControls
> + if (desc->bLength < sizeof(*desc) + desc->bNrInPins + 2)
> + return 0; /* no bmControls -> skip */
> +
> mu_channels = get_cluster_channels_v3(state,
> uac3_mixer_unit_wClusterDescrID(desc));
> break;
> +
> + default:
> + break;
> }
>
> if (!mu_channels)
> --
> 2.22.1
>
>