On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 03:13:16PM +0800, Wenliang Fan wrote:
> The checking condition in 'validateFlash2xReadWrite()' is not sufficient.
> A large number invalid would cause an integer overflow and pass
> the condition, which could cause further integer overflows in
> 'Bcmchar.c:bcm_char_ioctl()'.
> 

This patch has a couple typos and it breaks the build.

On the other hand it's a real bug because uiNumOfBytes comes from the
user in bcm_char_ioctl().  This function doesn't seem to be restricted
to privaleged users, which is terrifying.

I think it would be cleaner to fix it in the caller instead of here.

Please look over this totally untested patch and send something like
that, if that's ok.

diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
index 62415342ee28..2ea885e36077 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
@@ -1456,8 +1456,7 @@ cntrlEnd:
        case IOCTL_BCM_FLASH2X_SECTION_READ: {
                struct bcm_flash2x_readwrite sFlash2xRead = {0};
                PUCHAR pReadBuff = NULL;
-               UINT NOB = 0;
-               UINT BuffSize = 0;
+               UINT NOB;
                UINT ReadBytes = 0;
                UINT ReadOffset = 0;
                void __user *OutPutBuff;
@@ -1480,19 +1479,17 @@ cntrlEnd:
                BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_OTHERS, OSAL_DBG, 
DBG_LVL_ALL, "\nsFlash2xRead.numOfBytes :%x", sFlash2xRead.numOfBytes);
                BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_OTHERS, OSAL_DBG, 
DBG_LVL_ALL, "\nsFlash2xRead.bVerify :%x\n", sFlash2xRead.bVerify);
 
+               if (sFlash2xRead.numOfBytes > Adapter->uiSectorSize)
+                       sFlash2xRead.numOfBytes = Adapter->uiSectorSize;
+               NOB = sFlash2xRead.numOfBytes;
+
                /* This was internal to driver for raw read. now it has ben 
exposed to user space app. */
                if (validateFlash2xReadWrite(Adapter, &sFlash2xRead) == false)
                        return STATUS_FAILURE;
 
-               NOB = sFlash2xRead.numOfBytes;
-               if (NOB > Adapter->uiSectorSize)
-                       BuffSize = Adapter->uiSectorSize;
-               else
-                       BuffSize = NOB;
-
                ReadOffset = sFlash2xRead.offset;
                OutPutBuff = IoBuffer.OutputBuffer;
-               pReadBuff = (PCHAR)kzalloc(BuffSize , GFP_KERNEL);
+               pReadBuff = (PCHAR)kzalloc(sFlash2xRead.numOfBytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 
                if (pReadBuff == NULL) {
                        BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_PRINTK, 0, 0, "Memory 
allocation failed for Flash 2.x Read Structure");
@@ -1548,8 +1545,7 @@ cntrlEnd:
                struct bcm_flash2x_readwrite sFlash2xWrite = {0};
                PUCHAR pWriteBuff;
                void __user *InputAddr;
-               UINT NOB = 0;
-               UINT BuffSize = 0;
+               UINT NOB;
                UINT WriteOffset = 0;
                UINT WriteBytes = 0;
 
@@ -1580,19 +1576,17 @@ cntrlEnd:
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
 
+               if (sFlash2xWrite.numOfBytes > Adapter->uiSectorSize)
+                       sFlash2xWrite.numOfBytes = Adapter->uiSectorSize;
+               NOB = sFlash2xWrite.numOfBytes;
+
                if (validateFlash2xReadWrite(Adapter, &sFlash2xWrite) == false)
                        return STATUS_FAILURE;
 
                InputAddr = sFlash2xWrite.pDataBuff;
                WriteOffset = sFlash2xWrite.offset;
-               NOB = sFlash2xWrite.numOfBytes;
-
-               if (NOB > Adapter->uiSectorSize)
-                       BuffSize = Adapter->uiSectorSize;
-               else
-                       BuffSize = NOB;
 
-               pWriteBuff = kmalloc(BuffSize, GFP_KERNEL);
+               pWriteBuff = kmalloc(sFlash2xWrite.numOfBytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 
                if (pWriteBuff == NULL)
                        return -ENOMEM;
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