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Ian Abbott c53570e62b comedi: Fix use of uninitialized data in insn_rw_emulate_bits()
commit e9cb26291d upstream.

For Comedi `INSN_READ` and `INSN_WRITE` instructions on "digital"
subdevices (subdevice types `COMEDI_SUBD_DI`, `COMEDI_SUBD_DO`, and
`COMEDI_SUBD_DIO`), it is common for the subdevice driver not to have
`insn_read` and `insn_write` handler functions, but to have an
`insn_bits` handler function for handling Comedi `INSN_BITS`
instructions.  In that case, the subdevice's `insn_read` and/or
`insn_write` function handler pointers are set to point to the
`insn_rw_emulate_bits()` function by `__comedi_device_postconfig()`.

For `INSN_WRITE`, `insn_rw_emulate_bits()` currently assumes that the
supplied `data[0]` value is a valid copy from user memory.  It will at
least exist because `do_insnlist_ioctl()` and `do_insn_ioctl()` in
"comedi_fops.c" ensure at lease `MIN_SAMPLES` (16) elements are
allocated.  However, if `insn->n` is 0 (which is allowable for
`INSN_READ` and `INSN_WRITE` instructions, then `data[0]` may contain
uninitialized data, and certainly contains invalid data, possibly from a
different instruction in the array of instructions handled by
`do_insnlist_ioctl()`.  This will result in an incorrect value being
written to the digital output channel (or to the digital input/output
channel if configured as an output), and may be reflected in the
internal saved state of the channel.

Fix it by returning 0 early if `insn->n` is 0, before reaching the code
that accesses `data[0]`.  Previously, the function always returned 1 on
success, but it is supposed to be the number of data samples actually
read or written up to `insn->n`, which is 0 in this case.

Reported-by: syzbot+cb96ec476fb4914445c9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=cb96ec476fb4914445c9
Fixes: ed9eccbe89 ("Staging: add comedi core")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.13+
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250707153355.82474-1-abbotti@mev.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
History 2025-08-28 16:24:01 +02:00
arch x86: Fix X86_FEATURE_VERW_CLEAR definition 2025-07-17 18:30:55 +02:00
block block: default BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD to y 2025-06-27 11:05:34 +01:00
certs certs/blacklist_hashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2022-06-22 14:22:01 +02:00
crypto crypto: xts - Only add ecb if it is not already there 2025-06-27 11:05:10 +01:00
Documentation x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation 2025-07-10 15:57:50 +02:00
drivers comedi: Fix use of uninitialized data in insn_rw_emulate_bits() 2025-08-28 16:24:01 +02:00
fs isofs: Verify inode mode when loading from disk 2025-08-28 16:23:59 +02:00
include netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() 2025-07-17 18:30:53 +02:00
init sched/isolation: Make CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION depend on CONFIG_SMP 2025-05-02 07:44:36 +02:00
io_uring io_uring: fix possible deadlock in io_register_iowq_max_workers() 2024-11-17 15:06:25 +01:00
ipc ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU 2025-06-27 11:05:26 +01:00
kernel tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event 2025-08-28 16:23:59 +02:00
lib lib: test_objagg: Set error message in check_expect_hints_stats() 2025-07-10 15:57:45 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0: Git rid of "smart quotes" 2021-07-15 06:31:24 -06:00
mm mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry 2025-06-27 11:05:37 +01:00
net af_packet: fix soft lockup issue caused by tpacket_snd() 2025-08-28 16:23:59 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: Fix compilation failure for samples/bpf on LoongArch Fedora 2025-06-04 14:37:54 +02:00
scripts kbuild: Add KBUILD_CPPFLAGS to as-option invocation 2025-06-27 11:05:21 +01:00
security selinux: fix selinux_xfrm_alloc_user() to set correct ctx_len 2025-06-27 11:05:34 +01:00
sound ASoC: fsl_asrc: use internal measured ratio for non-ideal ratio mode 2025-07-17 18:30:46 +02:00
tools libbpf: Fix null pointer dereference in btf_dump__free on allocation failure 2025-07-10 15:57:38 +02:00
usr kbuild: hdrcheck: fix cross build with clang 2025-06-27 11:05:22 +01:00
virt KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin() 2024-10-22 15:40:41 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.mailmap mailmap: add Andrej Shadura 2021-10-18 20:22:03 -10:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Daniel Drake to credits 2021-09-21 08:34:58 +03:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS trace: Relocate event helper files 2024-04-10 16:19:24 +02:00
Makefile Linux 5.15.189 2025-07-17 18:30:55 +02:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.