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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Fix a DMA to stack memory bug" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x f7d306b47a24367302bd4fe846854e07752ffcd9
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2024121038-scratch-explore-9597@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From f7d306b47a24367302bd4fe846854e07752ffcd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 15:57:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Fix a DMA to stack memory bug

The usb_get_descriptor() function does DMA so we're not allowed to use a stack buffer for that. Doing DMA to the stack is not portable all architectures. Move the "new_device_descriptor" from being stored on the stack and allocate it with kmalloc() instead.

Fixes b909df18ce2a ("ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices")
sound/usb/quirks.c +27 -15
index 8bc959b60be3..7c9d352864da 100644
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ int snd_usb_create_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
 static int snd_usb_extigy_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
 	struct usb_host_config *config = dev->actconfig;
-	struct usb_device_descriptor new_device_descriptor;
+	struct usb_device_descriptor *new_device_descriptor __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	int err;
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(get_cfg_desc(config)->wTotalLength) == EXTIGY_FIRMWARE_SIZE_OLD ||
@@ -566,15 +566,19 @@ static int snd_usb_extigy_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev, struct usb_interfac
 				      0x10, 0x43, 0x0001, 0x000a, NULL, 0);
 		if (err < 0)
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error sending boot message: %d\n", err);
+
+		new_device_descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_device_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!new_device_descriptor)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		err = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_DEVICE, 0,
-				&new_device_descriptor, sizeof(new_device_descriptor));
+				new_device_descriptor, sizeof(*new_device_descriptor));
 		if (err < 0)
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error usb_get_descriptor: %d\n", err);
-		if (new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
+		if (new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error too large bNumConfigurations: %d\n",
-				new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations);
+				new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations);
 		else
-			memcpy(&dev->descriptor, &new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
+			memcpy(&dev->descriptor, new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
 		err = usb_reset_configuration(dev);
 		if (err < 0)
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error usb_reset_configuration: %d\n", err);
@@ -906,7 +910,7 @@ static void mbox2_setup_48_24_magic(struct usb_device *dev)
 static int snd_usb_mbox2_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
 {
 	struct usb_host_config *config = dev->actconfig;
-	struct usb_device_descriptor new_device_descriptor;
+	struct usb_device_descriptor *new_device_descriptor __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	int err;
 	u8 bootresponse[0x12];
 	int fwsize;
@@ -941,15 +945,19 @@ static int snd_usb_mbox2_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "device initialised!\n");
 
+	new_device_descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_device_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_device_descriptor)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_DEVICE, 0,
-		&new_device_descriptor, sizeof(new_device_descriptor));
+		new_device_descriptor, sizeof(*new_device_descriptor));
 	if (err < 0)
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error usb_get_descriptor: %d\n", err);
-	if (new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
+	if (new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error too large bNumConfigurations: %d\n",
-			new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations);
+			new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations);
 	else
-		memcpy(&dev->descriptor, &new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
+		memcpy(&dev->descriptor, new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
 
 	err = usb_reset_configuration(dev);
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -1259,7 +1267,7 @@ static void mbox3_setup_defaults(struct usb_device *dev)
 static int snd_usb_mbox3_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
 {
 	struct usb_host_config *config = dev->actconfig;
-	struct usb_device_descriptor new_device_descriptor;
+	struct usb_device_descriptor *new_device_descriptor __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	int err;
 	int descriptor_size;
 
@@ -1272,15 +1280,19 @@ static int snd_usb_mbox3_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "MBOX3: device initialised!\n");
 
+	new_device_descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_device_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_device_descriptor)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_DEVICE, 0,
-		&new_device_descriptor, sizeof(new_device_descriptor));
+		new_device_descriptor, sizeof(*new_device_descriptor));
 	if (err < 0)
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "MBOX3: error usb_get_descriptor: %d\n", err);
-	if (new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
+	if (new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "MBOX3: error too large bNumConfigurations: %d\n",
-			new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations);
+			new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations);
 	else
-		memcpy(&dev->descriptor, &new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
+		memcpy(&dev->descriptor, new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
 
 	err = usb_reset_configuration(dev);
 	if (err < 0)
#1 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 ALSA: usb-audio: Fix a DMA to stack memory bug

From: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>

The usb_get_descriptor() function does DMA so we're not allowed to use a stack buffer for that. Doing DMA to the stack is not portable all architectures. Move the "new_device_descriptor" from being stored on the stack and allocate it with kmalloc() instead.

Fixes b909df18ce2a ("ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices")
(cherry picked from commit f7d306b47a24367302bd4fe846854e07752ffcd9)
---
 sound/usb/quirks.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
sound/usb/quirks.c +27 -15
index 65c44649c067..6e970e61ce93 100644
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ int snd_usb_create_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
 static int snd_usb_extigy_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
 	struct usb_host_config *config = dev->actconfig;
-	struct usb_device_descriptor new_device_descriptor;
+	struct usb_device_descriptor *new_device_descriptor __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	int err;
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(get_cfg_desc(config)->wTotalLength) == EXTIGY_FIRMWARE_SIZE_OLD ||
@@ -566,15 +566,19 @@ static int snd_usb_extigy_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev, struct usb_interfac
 				      0x10, 0x43, 0x0001, 0x000a, NULL, 0);
 		if (err < 0)
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error sending boot message: %d\n", err);
+
+		new_device_descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_device_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!new_device_descriptor)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		err = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_DEVICE, 0,
-				&new_device_descriptor, sizeof(new_device_descriptor));
+				new_device_descriptor, sizeof(*new_device_descriptor));
 		if (err < 0)
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error usb_get_descriptor: %d\n", err);
-		if (new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
+		if (new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error too large bNumConfigurations: %d\n",
-				new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations);
+				new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations);
 		else
-			memcpy(&dev->descriptor, &new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
+			memcpy(&dev->descriptor, new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
 		err = usb_reset_configuration(dev);
 		if (err < 0)
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error usb_reset_configuration: %d\n", err);
@@ -906,7 +910,7 @@ static void mbox2_setup_48_24_magic(struct usb_device *dev)
 static int snd_usb_mbox2_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
 {
 	struct usb_host_config *config = dev->actconfig;
-	struct usb_device_descriptor new_device_descriptor;
+	struct usb_device_descriptor *new_device_descriptor __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	int err;
 	u8 bootresponse[0x12];
 	int fwsize;
@@ -941,15 +945,19 @@ static int snd_usb_mbox2_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "device initialised!\n");
 
+	new_device_descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_device_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_device_descriptor)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_DEVICE, 0,
-		&new_device_descriptor, sizeof(new_device_descriptor));
+		new_device_descriptor, sizeof(*new_device_descriptor));
 	if (err < 0)
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error usb_get_descriptor: %d\n", err);
-	if (new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
+	if (new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error too large bNumConfigurations: %d\n",
-			new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations);
+			new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations);
 	else
-		memcpy(&dev->descriptor, &new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
+		memcpy(&dev->descriptor, new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
 
 	err = usb_reset_configuration(dev);
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -1263,7 +1271,7 @@ static void mbox3_setup_48_24_magic(struct usb_device *dev)
 static int snd_usb_mbox3_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
 {
 	struct usb_host_config *config = dev->actconfig;
-	struct usb_device_descriptor new_device_descriptor;
+	struct usb_device_descriptor *new_device_descriptor __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	int err;
 	int descriptor_size;
 
@@ -1276,15 +1284,19 @@ static int snd_usb_mbox3_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "device initialised!\n");
 
+	new_device_descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_device_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_device_descriptor)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_DEVICE, 0,
-		&new_device_descriptor, sizeof(new_device_descriptor));
+		new_device_descriptor, sizeof(*new_device_descriptor));
 	if (err < 0)
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error usb_get_descriptor: %d\n", err);
-	if (new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
+	if (new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error too large bNumConfigurations: %d\n",
-			new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations);
+			new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations);
 	else
-		memcpy(&dev->descriptor, &new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
+		memcpy(&dev->descriptor, new_device_descriptor, sizeof(dev->descriptor));
 
 	err = usb_reset_configuration(dev);
 	if (err < 0)
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#2 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] ALSA: usb-audio: Fix a DMA to stack memory bug

[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]

Hi,

Found matching upstream commit: f7d306b47a24367302bd4fe846854e07752ffcd9

WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and found commit:
Backport author: "=?UTF-8?q?Beno=C3=AEt=20Sevens?=" <[email protected]> Commit author: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>

Status in newer kernel trees:
6.12.y | Present (different SHA1: 7f1292f8d4d6)
6.6.y | Not found

Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
---
1: f7d306b47a24 ! 1: 5164cdff6b91 ALSA: usb-audio: Fix a DMA to stack memory bug
@@ Commit message

+ (cherry picked from commit f7d306b47a24367302bd4fe846854e07752ffcd9)
+ Signed-off-by: Benoît Sevens <[email protected]>

## sound/usb/quirks.c ##
@@ sound/usb/quirks.c: int snd_usb_create_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
@@ sound/usb/quirks.c: static int snd_usb_mbox2_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)

err = usb_reset_configuration(dev);
if (err < 0)
-@@ sound/usb/quirks.c: static void mbox3_setup_defaults(struct usb_device *dev) +@@ sound/usb/quirks.c: static void mbox3_setup_48_24_magic(struct usb_device *dev)
static int snd_usb_mbox3_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
{
struct usb_host_config *config = dev->actconfig;
@@ sound/usb/quirks.c: static void mbox3_setup_defaults(struct usb_device *dev)

@@ sound/usb/quirks.c: static int snd_usb_mbox3_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)

- dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "MBOX3: device initialised!\n");
+ dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "device initialised!\n");

+ new_device_descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_device_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_device_descriptor)
@@ sound/usb/quirks.c: static int snd_usb_mbox3_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev)
- &new_device_descriptor, sizeof(new_device_descriptor));
+ new_device_descriptor, sizeof(*new_device_descriptor));
if (err < 0)
- dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "MBOX3: error usb_get_descriptor: %d\n", err);
+ dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error usb_get_descriptor: %d\n", err);
- if (new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
+ if (new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations > dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations)
- dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "MBOX3: error too large bNumConfigurations: %d\n",
+ dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "error too large bNumConfigurations: %d\n",
- new_device_descriptor.bNumConfigurations);
+ new_device_descriptor->bNumConfigurations);
else
---

Results of testing on various branches:

| Branch                    | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| stable/linux-6.6.y        |  Success    |  Success   |