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    SubjectRe: [CHECKER] 8 potential user-pointer errors that allow arbitrary writes to kernel
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    On Llu, 2003-04-28 at 07:50, Junfeng Yang wrote:
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/usb/media/vicam.c:617:vicam_ioctl:
    > ERROR:TAINTED:617:617: dereferencing tainted ptr 'vp' [Callstack:
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/scsi/sg.c:1002:vicam_ioctl((tainted
    > 3))]
    >
    > struct video_picture *vp = (struct video_picture
    > *) arg;
    >
    > DBG("VIDIOCSPICT depth = %d, pal = %d\n",
    > vp->depth,
    > vp->palette);
    >
    >
    > Error --->

    Correct report. Fixed in 2.4.21-ac now

    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c:2476:sisfb_ioctl:
    > ERROR:TAINTED:2476:2476: dereferencing tainted ptr 'x' [Callstack:
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/video/sstfb.c:808:sisfb_ioctl((tainted
    > 3))]
    >

    Correct - already fixed in 2.4.21-ac

    > ---------------------------------------------------------
    > [BUG] can write to anywhere in kernel. do_read is assigned to
    > file_operations.read, which can take tainted inputs. even the parm itself
    > has a name pUserBuffer
    >
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/isdn/eicon/linchr.c:166:do_read:
    > ERROR:TAINTED:166:166: passing tainted ptr 'pClientLogBuffer' to
    > __constant_memcpy [Callstack:
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/scsi/sg.c:362:do_read((tainted 1))]
    >
    >
    > pHeadItem = (klog_t *) DivasLogFifoRead();
    >
    Correct - fixed in 2.4.21-ac now

    > [BUG] can write to anywhere in kernel. in the same subdir,
    > midi_synth.c:midi_synth_ioctl does __copy_to_user(not copy_to_user?). it
    > could be that there are some assumptions about the devices.
    >
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/sound/oss/mpu401.c:792:mpu_synth_ioctl:
    > ERROR:TAINTED:792:792: passing tainted ptr 'arg' to __constant_memcpy
    > [Callstack:
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/sound/oss/midi_synth.c:270:mpu_synth_ioctl((tainted
    > 2))]

    The verify is done in soundcard.c
    Fixed mpu_synth_ioctl in 2.4.21-ac

    > [BUG] can write to anywhere in kernel. mdc800_device_read is assigned to
    > file_operations.read, which can take tainted inputs
    >
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/usb/image/mdc800.c:750:mdc800_device_read:
    > ERROR:TAINTED:750:750: passing tainted ptr 'ptr' to __memcpy [Callstack:
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/scsi/sg.c:362:mdc800_device_read((tainted
    > 1))]

    Correct. Fixed in 2.4.21-ac


    > [BUG] can write to anywhere in kernel. file_operations.write
    >
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/usb/image/mdc800.c:805:mdc800_device_write:
    > ERROR:TAINTED:805:805: dereferencing tainted ptr 'buf + i' [Callstack:
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/drivers/media/dvb/av7110/av7110.c:3858:mdc800_device_write((tainted
    > 1))]

    Correct, fixed in 2.4.21-ac


    > [BUG] can write to anywhere in kernel. awe_ioctl is assigned to
    > file_operations.ioctl
    >
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/sound/oss/awe_wave.c:2049:awe_ioctl:
    > ERROR:TAINTED:2049:2049: passing tainted ptr 'arg' to __constant_memcpy
    > [Callstack:
    > /home/junfeng/linux-tainted/sound/oss/midi_synth.c:270:awe_ioctl((tainted
    > 2))]
    >
    > case SNDCTL_SYNTH_INFO:
    > if (playing_mode == AWE_PLAY_DIRECT)
    > awe_info.nr_voices = awe_max_voices;
    > else
    > awe_info.nr_voices = AWE_MAX_CHANNELS;
    >
    > Error --->
    > memcpy((char*)arg, &awe_info, sizeof(awe_info));

    Already fixed in 2.4, but correct report

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