[PATCHv2] fbcon: Check font dimension limits

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org
Sun Jan 29 15:17:40 UTC 2023


blit_x and blit_y are u32, so fbcon currently cannot support fonts
larger than 32x32.

The 32x32 case also needs shifting an unsigned int, to properly set bit
31, otherwise we get "UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font",
as reported on:

http://lore.kernel.org/all/IA1PR07MB98308653E259A6F2CE94A4AFABCE9@IA1PR07MB9830.namprd07.prod.outlook.com
Kernel Branch: 6.2.0-rc5-next-20230124
Kernel config: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F-LszDAizEEH0ZX0HcSR06v5q8FPl2Uv/view?usp=sharing
Reproducer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mP1jcLBY7vWCNM60OMf-ogw-urQRjNrm/view?usp=sharing

Reported-by: Sanan Hasanov <sanan.hasanov at Knights.ucf.edu>
Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org>
Fixes: 2d2699d98492 ("fbcon: font setting should check limitation of driver")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org

---
v1 -> v2:
- Use BIT macro instead of fixing bit test by hand.
- Add Fixes and Cc: stable headers.

Index: linux-6.0/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
===================================================================
--- linux-6.0.orig/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ linux-6.0/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -2489,9 +2489,12 @@ static int fbcon_set_font(struct vc_data
 	    h > FBCON_SWAP(info->var.rotate, info->var.yres, info->var.xres))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (font->width > 32 || font->height > 32)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Make sure drawing engine can handle the font */
-	if (!(info->pixmap.blit_x & (1 << (font->width - 1))) ||
-	    !(info->pixmap.blit_y & (1 << (font->height - 1))))
+	if (!(info->pixmap.blit_x & BIT(font->width - 1)) ||
+	    !(info->pixmap.blit_y & BIT(font->height - 1)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Make sure driver can handle the font length */


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