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ASoC: codec: sma1307: Fix memory corruption in sma1307_setting_loaded()

PATCH In review Dan Carpenter 2 participants 2 messages Aug 29, 2025 – Sep 2, 2025

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PATCH 1/1 ASoC: codec: sma1307: Fix memory corruption in sma1307_setting_loaded()

The sma1307->set.header_size is how many integers are in the header (there are 8 of them) but instead of allocating space of 8 integers we allocate 8 bytes. This leads to memory corruption when we copy data it on the next line:

        memcpy(sma1307->set.header, data,
               sma1307->set.header_size * sizeof(int));

Also since we're immediately copying over the memory in ->set.header, there is no need to zero it in the allocator. Use devm_kmalloc_array() to allocate the memory instead.

Fixes 576c57e6b4c1 ("ASoC: sma1307: Add driver for Iron Device SMA1307")
---
 sound/soc/codecs/sma1307.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
sound/soc/codecs/sma1307.c +4 -3
index 6a601e7134ea..b683e676640d 100644
@@ -1737,9 +1737,10 @@ static void sma1307_setting_loaded(struct sma1307_priv *sma1307, const char *fil
 	sma1307->set.checksum = data[sma1307->set.header_size - 2];
 	sma1307->set.num_mode = data[sma1307->set.header_size - 1];
 	num_mode = sma1307->set.num_mode;
-	sma1307->set.header = devm_kzalloc(sma1307->dev,
-					   sma1307->set.header_size,
-					   GFP_KERNEL);
+	sma1307->set.header = devm_kmalloc_array(sma1307->dev,
+						 sma1307->set.header_size,
+						 sizeof(int),
+						 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sma1307->set.header) {
 		sma1307->set.status = false;
 		return;
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Quoted 9 lines · Dan Carpenter

The sma1307->set.header_size is how many integers are in the header (there are 8 of them) but instead of allocating space of 8 integers we allocate 8 bytes. This leads to memory corruption when we copy data it on the next line:

        memcpy(sma1307->set.header, data,
               sma1307->set.header_size * sizeof(int));

[...]

Applied to

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound.git for-next

Thanks!

[1/1] ASoC: codec: sma1307: Fix memory corruption in sma1307_setting_loaded()

      commit: 78338108b5a856dc98223a335f147846a8a18c51

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Thanks,
Mark