Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <[email protected]>

Will push to drm-misc in just a moment

On Sun, 2026-05-10 at 20:17 +0000, Ashutosh Desai wrote:
> drm_dp_sideband_parse_remote_dpcd_read() reads num_bytes from the raw
> message and then unconditionally does:
> 
>   memcpy(bytes, &raw->msg[idx], num_bytes);
> 
> without checking that idx + num_bytes <= raw->curlen. raw->msg[] is
> 256 bytes; if a malicious or misbehaving MST hub sets num_bytes
> larger
> than the remaining payload, the memcpy reads past the received data
> into whatever follows in raw->msg[].
> 
> drm_dp_sideband_parse_remote_i2c_read_ack() has the same flaw (noted
> with a /* TODO check */ comment since the code was introduced).
> 
> Fix both functions by using a single combined check
> (idx + num_bytes > curlen) before each memcpy. Since num_bytes is u8,
> it is always >= 0, so this strictly subsumes the simpler idx > curlen
> form and no separate step is needed.
> 
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop separate idx > curlen check; idx + num_bytes > curlen with u8
>   num_bytes (always >= 0) strictly subsumes it (Lyude Paul)
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
> index 170113520a43..9416a48804c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
> @@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static bool
> drm_dp_sideband_parse_remote_dpcd_read(struct drm_dp_sideband_msg_rx
>               goto fail_len;
>       repmsg->u.remote_dpcd_read_ack.num_bytes = raw->msg[idx];
>       idx++;
> -     if (idx > raw->curlen)
> +     if (idx + repmsg->u.remote_dpcd_read_ack.num_bytes > raw-
> >curlen)
>               goto fail_len;
>  
>       memcpy(repmsg->u.remote_dpcd_read_ack.bytes, &raw->msg[idx],
> repmsg->u.remote_dpcd_read_ack.num_bytes);
> @@ -907,7 +907,9 @@ static bool
> drm_dp_sideband_parse_remote_i2c_read_ack(struct drm_dp_sideband_msg
>               goto fail_len;
>       repmsg->u.remote_i2c_read_ack.num_bytes = raw->msg[idx];
>       idx++;
> -     /* TODO check */
> +     if (idx + repmsg->u.remote_i2c_read_ack.num_bytes > raw-
> >curlen)
> +             goto fail_len;
> +
>       memcpy(repmsg->u.remote_i2c_read_ack.bytes, &raw->msg[idx],
> repmsg->u.remote_i2c_read_ack.num_bytes);
>       return true;
>  fail_len:

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