CVE-2011-1476 (published 2012-06-21T23:55Z)

Integer underflow in the Open Sound System (OSS) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on unspecified non-x86 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging write access to /dev/sequencer.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.0 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-189
cwe_name: Numeric Errors
description: Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Dan Rosenberg
author_date: 2011-03-23 10:53:41-04:00
msg: sound/oss: remove offset from load_patch callbacks

Was: [PATCH] sound/oss/midi_synth: prevent underflow, use of
uninitialized value, and signedness issue

The offset passed to midi_synth_load_patch() can be essentially
arbitrary.  If it's greater than the header length, this will result in
a copy_from_user(dst, src, negative_val).  While this will just return
-EFAULT on x86, on other architectures this may cause memory corruption.
Additionally, the length field of the sysex_info structure may not be
initialized prior to its use.  Finally, a signed comparison may result
in an unintentionally large loop.

On suggestion by Takashi Iwai, version two removes the offset argument
from the load_patch callbacks entirely, which also resolves similar
issues in opl3.  Compile tested only.

v3 adjusts comments and hopefully gets copy offsets right.

Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: dev_table.h
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ struct synth_operations
 	void (*reset) (int dev);
 	void (*hw_control) (int dev, unsigned char *event);
 	int (*load_patch) (int dev, int format, const char __user *addr,
-	     int offs, int count, int pmgr_flag);
+	     int count, int pmgr_flag);
 	void (*aftertouch) (int dev, int voice, int pressure);
 	void (*controller) (int dev, int voice, int ctrl_num, int value);
 	void (*panning) (int dev, int voice, int value);

programming_language: C
filename: midi_synth.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(midi_synth_hw_control);
 
 int
 midi_synth_load_patch(int dev, int format, const char __user *addr,
-		      int offs, int count, int pmgr_flag)
+		      int count, int pmgr_flag)
 {
 	int             orig_dev = synth_devs[dev]->midi_dev;
 
@@ -491,33 +491,29 @@ midi_synth_load_patch(int dev, int format, const char __user *addr,
 	if (!prefix_cmd(orig_dev, 0xf0))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Invalid patch format */
 	if (format != SYSEX_PATCH)
-	{
-/*		  printk("MIDI Error: Invalid patch format (key) 0x%x\n", format);*/
 		  return -EINVAL;
-	}
+
+	/* Patch header too short */
 	if (count < hdr_size)
-	{
-/*		printk("MIDI Error: Patch header too short\n");*/
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+
 	count -= hdr_size;
 
 	/*
-	 * Copy the header from user space but ignore the first bytes which have
-	 * been transferred already.
+	 * Copy the header from user space
 	 */
 
-	if(copy_from_user(&((char *) &sysex)[offs], &(addr)[offs], hdr_size - offs))
+	if (copy_from_user(&sysex, addr, hdr_size))
 		return -EFAULT;
- 
- 	if (count < sysex.len)
-	{
-/*		printk(KERN_WARNING "MIDI Warning: Sysex record too short (%d<%d)\n", count, (int) sysex.len);*/
+
+	/* Sysex record too short */
+	if ((unsigned)count < (unsigned)sysex.len)
 		sysex.len = count;
-	}
-  	left = sysex.len;
-  	src_offs = 0;
+
+	left = sysex.len;
+	src_offs = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < left && !signal_pending(current); i++)
 	{

programming_language: C
filename: midi_synth.h
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int midi_synth_open (int dev, int mode);
 void midi_synth_close (int dev);
 void midi_synth_hw_control (int dev, unsigned char *event);
 int midi_synth_load_patch (int dev, int format, const char __user * addr,
-		 int offs, int count, int pmgr_flag);
+		 int count, int pmgr_flag);
 void midi_synth_panning (int dev, int channel, int pressure);
 void midi_synth_aftertouch (int dev, int channel, int pressure);
 void midi_synth_controller (int dev, int channel, int ctrl_num, int value);

programming_language: C
filename: opl3.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static void opl3_hw_control(int dev, unsigned char *event)
 }
 
 static int opl3_load_patch(int dev, int format, const char __user *addr,
-		int offs, int count, int pmgr_flag)
+		int count, int pmgr_flag)
 {
 	struct sbi_instrument ins;
 
@@ -830,11 +830,7 @@ static int opl3_load_patch(int dev, int format, const char __user *addr,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * What the fuck is going on here?  We leave junk in the beginning
-	 * of ins and then check the field pretty close to that beginning?
-	 */
-	if(copy_from_user(&((char *) &ins)[offs], addr + offs, sizeof(ins) - offs))
+	if (copy_from_user(&ins, addr, sizeof(ins)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (ins.channel < 0 || ins.channel >= SBFM_MAXINSTR)

programming_language: C
filename: sequencer.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ int sequencer_write(int dev, struct file *file, const char __user *buf, int coun
 				return -ENXIO;
 
 			fmt = (*(short *) &event_rec[0]) & 0xffff;
-			err = synth_devs[dev]->load_patch(dev, fmt, buf, p + 4, c, 0);
+			err = synth_devs[dev]->load_patch(dev, fmt, buf + p, c, 0);
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 

programming_language: C