Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2023-03-16

[PATCH] fbdev: nvidia: Fix potential divide by zero

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From: Wei Chen <hidden>
Date: 2023-03-15 07:19:07
Also in: dri-devel, lkml
Subsystem: framebuffer layer, nvidia (rivafb and nvidiafb) framebuffer driver, the rest · Maintainers: Helge Deller, Antonino Daplas, Linus Torvalds

variable var->pixclock can be set by user. In case it
equals to zero, divide by zero would occur in nvidiafb_set_par.

Similar crashes have happened in other fbdev drivers. There
is no check and modification on var->pixclock along the call
chain to nvidia_check_var and nvidiafb_set_par. We believe it
could also be triggered in driver nvidia from user site.

Signed-off-by: Wei Chen <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c
index e60a276b4855..ea4ba3dfb96b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ static int nvidiafb_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
 	int pitch, err = 0;
 
 	NVTRACE_ENTER();
+	if (!var->pixclock)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	var->transp.offset = 0;
 	var->transp.length = 0;
-- 
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