# \[PATCH\] tpm: ibmvtpm: check the response size against the buffer size

- From: Guo Zihao \<hidden\>
- Date: 2026-11-06 01:49:49 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2026/11/17875018
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2026/11/17875018/t.md

```text
The send path validates the transfer size against the size of the
RTCE buffer:

	if (count > ibmvtpm->rtce_size) {
		dev_err(ibmvtpm->dev,
			"Invalid size in send: count=%zd, rtce_size=%d\n",
			count, ibmvtpm->rtce_size);
		return -EIO;
	}

The receive path has no such check: the response length is whatever
the hypervisor reported in the completion CRQ, and it is only
compared against the size the caller asked for before being used to
copy and clear the RTCE buffer:

	len = ibmvtpm->res_len;

	if (count < len) {
		...
		return -EIO;
	}

	spin_lock(&ibmvtpm->rtce_lock);
	memcpy((void *)buf, (void *)ibmvtpm->rtce_buf, len);
	memset(ibmvtpm->rtce_buf, 0, len);

A response length larger than the RTCE buffer makes the memcpy read
past the buffer and the memset clear past it.

Reject a response that does not fit in the RTCE buffer, mirroring
the check the send path already performs.

Fixes: 132f76294744 ("drivers/char/tpm: Add new device driver to support IBM vTPM")
Cc: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Guo Zihao <redacted>
---
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
index 6fb4d30eb..bfef4bc14 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ static int tpm_ibmvtpm_recv(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	if (len > ibmvtpm->rtce_size) {
+		dev_err(ibmvtpm->dev,
+			"Invalid size in recv: res_len=%d, rtce_size=%d\n",
+			len, ibmvtpm->rtce_size);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&ibmvtpm->rtce_lock);
 	memcpy((void *)buf, (void *)ibmvtpm->rtce_buf, len);
 	memset(ibmvtpm->rtce_buf, 0, len);
-- 
2.50.1


```