On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 09:04:17AM +0000, Shahriyar Jalayeri wrote:
> Add two buffer size validations to prevent buffer
> overflows in tpm_inf_recv():
> 
> 1. Validate that the provided buffer can hold at
>    least the 4-byte header before attempting to
>    read it.

What is this 4 byte header? Please describe what it is.

> 2. Validate that the buffer is large enough to
>    hold the data size reported by the TPM before
>    reading the payload.
> 
> Without these checks, a malicious or malfunctioning
> TPM could cause buffer overflows by reporting data
> sizes larger than the provided buffer, leading to
> memory corruption.
> 
> The error messages include both the expected and
> actual buffer sizes to indicate that the operation
> is aborted.

Paragraphs should be 75 chars per line.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Shahriyar Jalayeri <[email protected]>
> ---

Please version your patches e.g., "git format-patch -v2"

And before diff stat it would be good to have a changelog.


>  drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c
> index 7638b65b8..385bac46a 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c
> @@ -247,11 +247,20 @@ static int tpm_inf_recv(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 * 
> buf, size_t count)
>       int i;
>       int ret;
>       u32 size = 0;
> +     u32 header_size = 4;

Please don't use local variable for a constant.


>       number_of_wtx = 0;
>  
>  recv_begin:
> +     if (count < header_size) {
> +             dev_err(&chip->dev,
> +                     "Buffer too small (count=%zd, header_size=%u), "
> +                     "operation aborted\n",
> +                     count, header_size);
> +             return -EIO;
> +     }
> +
>       /* start receiving header */
> -     for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
> +     for (i = 0; i < header_size; i++) {
>               ret = wait(chip, STAT_RDA);
>               if (ret)
>                       return -EIO;
> @@ -268,6 +277,14 @@ static int tpm_inf_recv(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 * buf, 
> size_t count)
>               /* size of the data received */
>               size = ((buf[2] << 8) | buf[3]);
>  
> +             if (size > count) {
> +                     dev_err(&chip->dev,
> +                             "Buffer too small for incoming data "
> +                             "(count=%zd, size=%u), operation aborted\n",
> +                             count, size);
> +                     return -EIO;
> +             }
> +
>               for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
>                       wait(chip, STAT_RDA);
>                       buf[i] = tpm_data_in(RDFIFO);
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

Other than that, same comments apply as for the previous version.

BR, Jarkko

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