[PATCH v2] tpm: vtpm_proxy: Double-check to avoid buffer overflow

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jan 18 2022 - 13:36:57 EST


When building with -Warray-bounds, this warning was emitted:

In function 'memset',
inlined from 'vtpm_proxy_fops_read' at drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:102:2:
./include/linux/fortify-string.h:43:33: warning: '__builtin_memset' pointer overflow between offset 164 and size [2147483648, 4294967295]
[-Warray-bounds]
43 | #define __underlying_memset __builtin_memset
| ^

There was no checking of the req_len value. To keep this code robust,
and to silence the compiler warning, check the size before attempting
a memset().

Cc: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/4b59d305-6858-1514-751a-37853ad777be@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220113002727.3709495-1-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
v2: make commit log more accurate, add Reviewed-by
---
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
index 91c772e38bb5..5c865987ba5c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static ssize_t vtpm_proxy_fops_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,

len = proxy_dev->req_len;

- if (count < len) {
+ if (count < len || len > sizeof(proxy_dev->buffer)) {
mutex_unlock(&proxy_dev->buf_lock);
pr_debug("Invalid size in recv: count=%zd, req_len=%zd\n",
count, len);
--
2.30.2