# \[PATCH\] video: fbdev: fix potential OOB read in vga\_8planes\_imageblit()

- Subsystems: FRAMEBUFFER LAYER, THE REST
- Maintainers: Helge Deller, Linus Torvalds
- List: linux-fbdev
- 5 messages, 2 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2020/08/9187444/t

## \[PATCH\] video: fbdev: fix potential OOB read in vga\_8planes\_imageblit()

- From: Tetsuo Handa \<penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp\>
- Date: 2020-08-26 08:05:13 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2020/08/9187444.md

```text
Since transl_l[16] is accessed via cdat[y] >> 4, cdat[y] needs to be
evaluated as an "unsigned char" value in order to fit 0...15 range.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
index a20eeb8308ff..578d3541e3d6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static void vga_8planes_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_image *i
         char oldop = setop(0);
         char oldsr = setsr(0);
         char oldmask = selectmask();
-        const char *cdat = image->data;
+	const unsigned char *cdat = image->data;
 	u32 dx = image->dx;
         char __iomem *where;
         int y;
-- 
2.18.4
```

## \[PATCH v2\] video: fbdev: fix OOB read in vga\_8planes\_imageblit()

- From: Tetsuo Handa \<penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp\>
- Date: 2020-08-26 08:05:24 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2020/08/9187445.md

```text
syzbot is reporting OOB read at vga_8planes_imageblit() [1], for
"cdat[y] >> 4" can become a negative value due to "const char *cdat".

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id
7a0da1557dcd1989e00cb3692b26d4173b4132

Reported-by: syzbot <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
index a20eeb8308ff..578d3541e3d6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static void vga_8planes_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_image *i
         char oldop = setop(0);
         char oldsr = setsr(0);
         char oldmask = selectmask();
-        const char *cdat = image->data;
+	const unsigned char *cdat = image->data;
 	u32 dx = image->dx;
         char __iomem *where;
         int y;
-- 
2.18.4
```

## \[PATCH v2 (resend)\] video: fbdev: fix OOB read in vga\_8planes\_imageblit()

- From: Tetsuo Handa \<penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp\>
- Date: 2020-09-01 07:32:22 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2020/09/9187556.md

```text
syzbot is reporting OOB read at vga_8planes_imageblit() [1], for
"cdat[y] >> 4" can become a negative value due to "const char *cdat".

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id
7a0da1557dcd1989e00cb3692b26d4173b4132

Reported-by: syzbot <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
index a20eeb8308ff..578d3541e3d6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static void vga_8planes_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_image *i
         char oldop = setop(0);
         char oldsr = setsr(0);
         char oldmask = selectmask();
-        const char *cdat = image->data;
+	const unsigned char *cdat = image->data;
 	u32 dx = image->dx;
         char __iomem *where;
         int y;
-- 
2.18.4
```

## Re: \[PATCH v2 (resend)\] video: fbdev: fix OOB read in vga\_8planes\_imageblit()

- From: Greg Kroah-Hartman \<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org\>
- Date: 2020-09-04 15:24:10 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2020/09/9187818.md

```text
On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 11:53:16PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello, Greg.
> 
> Since nobody is interested in this bug, can you directly pick up
> this obvious patch without waiting for maintainer's response?

I'll pick it up now.

thanks,

greg k-h
```

## Re: \[PATCH v2 (resend)\] video: fbdev: fix OOB read in vga\_8planes\_imageblit()

- From: Tetsuo Handa \<penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp\>
- Date: 2020-09-05 00:35:38 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2020/09/9187833.md

```text
Hello, Greg.

Since nobody is interested in this bug, can you directly pick up
this obvious patch without waiting for maintainer's response?

On 2020/08/31 19:37, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> syzbot is reporting OOB read at vga_8planes_imageblit() [1], for
> "cdat[y] >> 4" can become a negative value due to "const char *cdat".
> 
> [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id
7a0da1557dcd1989e00cb3692b26d4173b4132
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot <redacted>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
> index a20eeb8308ff..578d3541e3d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c
> @@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static void vga_8planes_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_image *i
>          char oldop = setop(0);
>          char oldsr = setsr(0);
>          char oldmask = selectmask();
> -        const char *cdat = image->data;
> +	const unsigned char *cdat = image->data;
>  	u32 dx = image->dx;
>          char __iomem *where;
>          int y;
> 
```
