[PATCH 5.15 171/935] ipmi: ipmb: validate write message length

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Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date
2026-09-12 18:19:48
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Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2026-09-12
5.15-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Yousef Alhouseen <redacted>

commit 53637506884dbd5c91a89b1a3547d99d80f8ed2c upstream.

ipmb_write() read message fields before validating the length byte.

A zero or short write can read uninitialized stack bytes.

A length smaller than the SMBus header underflows the block write length.

Require a non-empty buffer and the minimum IPMB request length.

Also require the length byte plus payload before parsing the message.

Fixes: 51bd6f291583 ("Add support for IPMB driver")
Cc: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yousef Alhouseen <redacted>
Message-ID: [off-list ref]
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c
@@ -141,13 +141,14 @@ static ssize_t ipmb_write(struct file *f
 	u8 msg[MAX_MSG_LEN];
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (count > sizeof(msg))
+	if (!count || count > sizeof(msg))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&msg, buf, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (count < msg[0])
+	if (msg[IPMB_MSG_LEN_IDX] < IPMB_REQUEST_LEN_MIN ||
+	    count < (size_t)msg[IPMB_MSG_LEN_IDX] + 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rq_sa = GET_7BIT_ADDR(msg[RQ_SA_8BIT_IDX]);

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