fix: the combination of buffer overflows (v-001, v-0... in...#42
fix: the combination of buffer overflows (v-001, v-0... in...#42orbisai0security wants to merge 2 commits into
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| return sprintf(buf, "%04x\n", qmi_sys); | ||
| return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%04x\n", qmi_sys); |
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Why is PAGE_SIZE (mostly it is 4KB) used as the value for qpm_sys, which is defined as unsigned short (2 bytes)? What is the significance of using a page-size aligned value here?
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@orbisai0security can you address code review comments?
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In principle should use scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,...)
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`PAGE_SIZE` is the correct size argument for sysfs `show` buffers — the kernel's sysfs infrastructure allocates exactly one page (`PAGE_SIZE` bytes) for `buf` in every `show` callback, so `PAGE_SIZE` accurately describes the available space regardless of how small the actual output is. This is the canonical kernel pattern.
Updated to `scnprintf` per @hangzqcom's feedback (commit 49b7269).
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Done — updated to scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, ...) in commit 49b7269.
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| return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", ctx->timer_interval / (u32)NSEC_PER_MSEC); | ||
| return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%llu\n", ctx->timer_interval / (u32)NSEC_PER_MSEC); | ||
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same as mentioned above.
timer_internal defined as long long (8 bytes)
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In principle should use scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,...)
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Same answer as above — PAGE_SIZE is the kernel-guaranteed size of the buf pointer passed to any sysfs show callback. For timer_interval (a u64 in ns, displayed in ms), the formatted output is a handful of characters, well within the page. Using PAGE_SIZE as the bound is the standard pattern. Updated to scnprintf per @hangzqcom's feedback (commit 49b7269).
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Done — updated to scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, ...) in commit 49b7269.
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| len += sprintf(buf, "%d %ld ms\n", debug_g, gtimer/NSEC_PER_USEC); | ||
| len += snprintf(buf, BUFSIZE, "%d %ld ms\n", debug_g, gtimer/NSEC_PER_USEC); |
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This fix is incorrect. "snprintf" returns the number of characters that would have been written, not actual written. Should use scnprintf(buf, BUFSIZE, ...) to have correct number of written bytes.
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Good catch — fixed in commit 49b7269. All three snprintf calls in sysfs/proc show handlers (debug_show, gobiQMITimer_show, GobiUSBprocRead) have been replaced with scnprintf, which caps its return value at n-1 and is safe to use with len += accumulation and direct sysfs returns. The snprintf at line 163 (GobiAcquireDevice) has an unused return value so the distinction doesn't apply there.
scnprintf returns the actual number of bytes written (capped at n-1), while snprintf returns the would-be length which can exceed the buffer. This corrects the V-008 fix for debug_show, gobiQMITimer_show, and GobiUSBprocRead per code review feedback on PR qualcomm#42. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Fix critical severity security issue in
src/linux/qcom_usbnet/qcom_usbnet_main.c.Vulnerability
V-008src/linux/qcom_usbnet/qcom_usbnet_main.c:163Description: The combination of buffer overflows (V-001, V-002), use-after-free (V-003), and integer underflow (V-005) vulnerabilities in kernel-mode driver code provides multiple independent primitives for kernel memory corruption. An attacker with physical USB access can connect a programmable USB device (e.g., Facedancer, GreatFET) that presents crafted USB descriptors and data payloads. By chaining these memory corruption primitives with a heap spray technique, the attacker can overwrite a kernel function pointer or security token, escalating from an unprivileged local user to SYSTEM (Windows) or root (Linux).
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