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SubjectRe: [PATCH 15/16] vc_screen: extract vcs_read_buf_header
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 12:48:04PM -0400, Peilin Ye wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f332576321998d36cd07d09c9c1268cfed1895c9
>
> As reported by syzbot, vcs_read_buf() is overflowing `con_buf16`, since
> this patch removed the following check:
>
> - if (count > CON_BUF_SIZE) {
> - count = CON_BUF_SIZE;
> - filled = count - pos;
> - }
>
> Decreasing `count` by `min(HEADER_SIZE - pos, count)` bypasses this check.
> Additionally, this patch also removed updates to `skip` and `filled`.
>
> What should we do in order to fix it?

This patch is already reverted, and it has been discussed a bit as to
how to do this properly if you look at the email where this was reported
to us.

thanks,

greg k-h

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