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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
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To: Junfeng Yang <yjf@stanford.edu>
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Subject: Re: [CHECKER] potential dereference of user pointer errors
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Junfeng Yang wrote:

> ---------------------------------------------------------
> [BUG] snd_sb_csp_ioctl -> snd_sb_csp_riff_load ->snd_sb_csp_load.
> /home/junfeng/linux-2.5.63/sound/isa/sb/sb16_csp.c:647:snd_sb_csp_load:
> ERROR:tainted:647:647:deferencing buf++ tainted by
> [dist=-1][(null)][TRANS: buf++, $stop$->tainted,
> /home/junfeng/linux-2.5.63/sound/isa/sb/sb16_csp.c, snd_sb_csp_load, 647]
> 
> 		}
> 		kfree (_kbuf);
> 	} else {
> 		/* load from kernel space */
> 		while (size--) {
> 
> Error --->
> 			if (!snd_sbdsp_command(p->chip, *buf++))
> 				goto __fail;
> 		}
> 	}

This code is ok. The source (user or kernel space) is checked a few lines 
before.

> ---------------------------------------------------------
> [BUG] copy function can take tainted inputs
> /home/junfeng/linux-2.5.63/sound/pci/es1938.c:833:snd_es1938_capture_copy:
> ERROR:tainted:835:833: passing dst into deref cal __constant_memcpy
> [dist=1][thru snd_pcm_ops_t:copy
> /home/junfeng/linux-2.5.63/sound/pci/cmipci.c:snd_cmipci_ac3_copy:parm3
> copy_from_user:parm1][START: dst, unknown->tainted,
> /home/junfeng/linux-2.5.63/sound/pci/es1938.c, snd_es1938_capture_copy,
> 833]
> 
> 	es1938_t *chip = snd_pcm_substream_chip(substream);
> 	pos <<= chip->dma1_shift;
> 	count <<= chip->dma1_shift;
> 	snd_assert(pos + count <= chip->dma1_size, return -EINVAL);
> 	if (pos + count < chip->dma1_size)
> Error --->
> 		memcpy(dst, runtime->dma_area + pos + 1, count);
> 	else {
> Start --->
> 		memcpy(dst, runtime->dma_area + pos + 1, count - 1);
> 		((unsigned char *)dst)[count - 1] = runtime->dma_area[0];
> 	}
> 	return 0;

Fixed. Replaced memcpy with copy_to_user(). Thanks.

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, SuSE Labs

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