audio: base_fw: validate dma control payload length before subtract#10888
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This PR hardens IPC4 DMA Control handling in base_fw by validating the host-supplied payload length before computing the variable-sized payload portion, preventing unsigned wraparound that could lead to out-of-bounds reads.
Changes:
- Add a minimum-length check to ensure
data_offsetcoversstruct ipc4_dma_controlbefore subtracting the header size. - Return
IPC4_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM(and log) when an undersized DMA Control message is received.
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src/audio/base_fw.c:786
- The length comparison/logging uses
dma_control->config_length * sizeof(uint32_t)which can overflow on 32-bit builds and let an undersized buffer pass the check. Also the currenttr_err()uses%ufordata_size(asize_t), which is undefined behavior and can print garbage. Prefer an overflow-safe comparison and%zuforsize_t.
if (data_size < (dma_control->config_length * sizeof(uint32_t))) {
tr_err(&ipc_tr, "DMA Control data too short: got %u, expected %u",
data_size, dma_control->config_length);
return IPC4_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM;
}
basefw_dma_control() computes data_size = data_offset - sizeof(struct ipc4_dma_control) where data_offset is the host-supplied payload length. When data_offset is smaller than the header the unsigned subtraction wraps to a huge value that passes the length check and is forwarded as the payload size, leading to an out-of-bounds read. Reject data_offset values smaller than the fixed header before the subtraction. Signed-off-by: Tomasz Leman <tomasz.m.leman@intel.com>
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basefw_dma_control() computes data_size = data_offset - sizeof(struct ipc4_dma_control) where data_offset is the host-supplied payload length. When data_offset is smaller than the header the unsigned subtraction wraps to a huge value that passes the length check and is forwarded as the payload size, leading to an out-of-bounds read.
Reject data_offset values smaller than the fixed header before the subtraction.