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spi: ch341: fix out-of-bounds memory access in ch341_transfer_one

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PATCH 1/1 spi: ch341: fix out-of-bounds memory access in ch341_transfer_one

From: Tianchu Chen <[email protected]>

Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.

The 'len' variable is calculated as 'min(32, trans->len + 1)', which includes the 1-byte command header.

When copying data from 'trans->tx_buf' to 'ch341->tx_buf + 1', using 'len' as the length is incorrect because:

1. It causes an out-of-bounds read from 'trans->tx_buf' (which has size 'trans->len', i.e., 'len - 1' in this context).
2. It can cause an out-of-bounds write to 'ch341->tx_buf' if 'len' is CH341_PACKET_LENGTH (32). Writing 32 bytes to ch341->tx_buf + 1 overflows the buffer.

Fix this by copying 'len - 1' bytes.

Fixes 8846739f52af ("spi: add ch341a usb2spi driver")
---
 drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c +1 -1
index 46bc208f2..79d2f9ab4 100644
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int ch341_transfer_one(struct spi_controller *host,
 
 	ch341->tx_buf[0] = CH341A_CMD_SPI_STREAM;
 
-	memcpy(ch341->tx_buf + 1, trans->tx_buf, len);
+	memcpy(ch341->tx_buf + 1, trans->tx_buf, len - 1);
 
 	ret = usb_bulk_msg(ch341->udev, ch341->write_pipe, ch341->tx_buf, len,
 			   NULL, CH341_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
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Quoted 40 lines · Tianchu Chen

From: Tianchu Chen <[email protected]>

Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.

The 'len' variable is calculated as 'min(32, trans->len + 1)', which includes the 1-byte command header.

When copying data from 'trans->tx_buf' to 'ch341->tx_buf + 1', using 'len' as the length is incorrect because:

1. It causes an out-of-bounds read from 'trans->tx_buf' (which has size 'trans->len', i.e., 'len - 1' in this context).
2. It can cause an out-of-bounds write to 'ch341->tx_buf' if 'len' is CH341_PACKET_LENGTH (32). Writing 32 bytes to ch341->tx_buf + 1 overflows the buffer.

Fix this by copying 'len - 1' bytes.

Fixes 8846739f52af ("spi: add ch341a usb2spi driver")
---
 drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/spi/spi-ch341.c +1 -1
index 46bc208f2..79d2f9ab4 100644
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int ch341_transfer_one(struct spi_controller *host,
 
 	ch341->tx_buf[0] = CH341A_CMD_SPI_STREAM;
 
-	memcpy(ch341->tx_buf + 1, trans->tx_buf, len);
+	memcpy(ch341->tx_buf + 1, trans->tx_buf, len - 1);
 
 	ret = usb_bulk_msg(ch341->udev, ch341->write_pipe, ch341->tx_buf, len,
 			   NULL, CH341_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
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Quoted 9 lines · Tianchu Chen

Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.

The 'len' variable is calculated as 'min(32, trans->len + 1)', which includes the 1-byte command header.

When copying data from 'trans->tx_buf' to 'ch341->tx_buf + 1', using 'len' as the length is incorrect because:

[...]

Applied to

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

Thanks!

[1/1] spi: ch341: fix out-of-bounds memory access in ch341_transfer_one

      commit: 545d1287e40a55242f6ab68bcc1ba3b74088b1bc

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