[PATCH v1] scsi: qla4xxx: Add length check when paring nlattrs

From: Lin Ma
Date: Sun Jul 23 2023 - 04:01:12 EST


There are three places that qla4xxx looply parses nlattrs
* qla4xxx_set_chap_entry(...)
* qla4xxx_iface_set_param(...)
* qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_set_param(...)
and each of them directly converts the nlattr to specific pointer of
structure without length checking. This could be dangerous as those
attributes are not validated before and a malformed nlattr (e.g., length
0) could result in an OOB read that leaks heap dirty data.

This patch adds the nla_len check before accessing the nlattr data and
error return EINVAL if the length check fails.

Fixes: 26ffd7b45fe9 ("[SCSI] qla4xxx: Add support to set CHAP entries")
Fixes: 1e9e2be3ee03 ("[SCSI] qla4xxx: Add flash node mgmt support")
Fixes: 00c31889f751 ("[SCSI] qla4xxx: fix data alignment and use nl helpers")
Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
index b2a3988e1e15..675332e49a7b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
@@ -968,6 +968,11 @@ static int qla4xxx_set_chap_entry(struct Scsi_Host *shost, void *data, int len)
memset(&chap_rec, 0, sizeof(chap_rec));

nla_for_each_attr(attr, data, len, rem) {
+ if (nla_len(attr) < sizeof(*param_info)) {
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ goto exit_set_chap;
+ }
+
param_info = nla_data(attr);

switch (param_info->param) {
@@ -2750,6 +2755,11 @@ qla4xxx_iface_set_param(struct Scsi_Host *shost, void *data, uint32_t len)
}

nla_for_each_attr(attr, data, len, rem) {
+ if (nla_len(attr) < sizeof(*iface_param)) {
+ rval = -EINVAL;
+ goto exit_init_fw_cb;
+ }
+
iface_param = nla_data(attr);

if (iface_param->param_type == ISCSI_NET_PARAM) {
@@ -8104,6 +8114,11 @@ qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_set_param(struct iscsi_bus_flash_session *fnode_sess,

memset((void *)&chap_tbl, 0, sizeof(chap_tbl));
nla_for_each_attr(attr, data, len, rem) {
+ if (nla_len(attr) < sizeof(*fnode_param)) {
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ goto exit_set_param;
+ }
+
fnode_param = nla_data(attr);

switch (fnode_param->param) {
--
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