[PATCH] mtdchar: fix integer overflow in read/write ioctls

[Dan Carpenter]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 02:27:58PM +0800, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> 在 2024/12/8 1:05, Dan Carpenter 写道:
> > On Sat, Dec 07, 2024 at 12:17:33PM +0800, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> > > 在 2024/12/7 4:26, Dan Carpenter 写道:
> > > > The "req.start" and "req.len" variables are u64 values that come from the
> > > > user at the start of the function.  We mask away the high 32 bits of
> > > > "req.len" so that's capped at U32_MAX but the "req.start" variable can go
> > > > up to U64_MAX.
> > > > 
> > > > Use check_add_overflow() to fix this bug.
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: 6420ac0af95d ("mtdchar: prevent unbounded allocation in MEMWRITE ioctl")
> > > 
> > > Hi, Dan. Why this fix tag? I think the adding result('req.start' and
> > > 'req.len') could be overflow too before this commit.
> > > 
> > 
> > I've looked at this again, and I still don't see the bug before the
> > commit.  Secondly, commit a1eda864c04c ("mtdchar: prevent integer
> > overflow in a safety check") is missing a Fixes tag but the message says
> > that it's this commit which introduced the bug.
> 
> Ah, I see. There is not an addition operation for 'req.start' and 'req.len'
> until commit 6420ac0af95d("mtdchar: prevent unbounded allocation in MEMWRITE
> ioctl") and 095bb6e44eb1("mtdchar: add MEMREAD ioctl"), so I guess the there
> should be two fix tags?

Ah, sure.  I can tag both those commits.

regards,
dan carpenter