Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/mem.c: Add /dev/ioports, supporting 16-bit and 32-bit ports

From: Jann Horn
Date: Sun May 11 2014 - 08:50:24 EST


On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 12:32:46PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 09:07:42AM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> > On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 12:19:16PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > + if (port > 65535)
> > > + return 0;
> > > + switch (count) {
> > [...]
> > > + case 4:
> > > + if (__put_user(inl(port), buf) < 0)
> > > + return -EFAULT;
> >
> > What if I attempt a four-byte read at 65535? That would access four
> > out-of-bounds bytes, right?
>
> No, it would do an ind instruction on port 65535.

Yes, on x86. What about other architectures?

http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/m68k/include/asm/io_mm.h#L110
110 #define inl mcf_pci_inl

http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/pci.c#L163
163 u32 mcf_pci_inl(u32 addr)
164 {
165 return le32_to_cpu(__raw_readl(iospace + (addr & PCI_IO_MASK)));
166 }

http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/m68k/platform/coldfire/pci.c#L37
37 #define PCI_IO_SIZE 0x00010000 /* 64k */
38 #define PCI_IO_MASK (PCI_IO_SIZE - 1)

http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/m68k/include/asm/raw_io.h#L54
54 #define __raw_readl in_be32

http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/arch/m68k/include/asm/raw_io.h#L36
36 #define in_be32(addr) \
37 ({ u32 __v = (*(__force volatile u32 *) (addr)); __v; })

As far as I can see, you'd get a slightly out-of-bounds read here. Or
is that feature only intended for x86?

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