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At map_size 255 the last store ends at byte 2112,\n888 bytes past the object and 64 bytes into the adjacent slab object.\nThe stored words come from the device and meter_level_map[] selects\nwhich word lands in which slot, so extent and contents are both\ncontrolled.\n\nThe core does not catch this. snd_ctl_check_elem_info() is reached only\nfrom __snd_ctl_elem_info(), which snd_ctl_elem_read() calls under\nCONFIG_SND_CTL_DEBUG; without that option snd_ctl_skip_validation() is a\ncompile-time true. __snd_ctl_add_replace() validates kcontrol->count and\nnever inspects elem->channels.\n\nInstalling an oversized map needs CAP_SYS_RAWIO, but the control outlives\nthe hwdep descriptor that created it, so the out-of-bounds stores are\nissued by any process able to read controls on /dev/snd/controlC0.\n\nKASAN on 7.2.0-rc5 (arm64), triggered by an unprivileged control read:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fcp_meter_ctl_get\n Write of size 8 at addr ffff000017af04c8 by task fcp_trigger/185\n __asan_store8\n fcp_meter_ctl_get\n snd_ctl_elem_read\n snd_ctl_ioctl\n Allocated by task 185:\n memdup_user\n snd_ctl_ioctl\n The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of\n allocated 1224-byte region [ffff000017af0000, ffff000017af04c8)\n\nBound the map size by the ABI limit rather than by 255, and bound the\nstore loop at the sink so it cannot run past the value array whatever\nelem->channels holds.\n\nDiscovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee ", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "46757a3e7d50dac923888e7fbe68377736f13c70", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "bb30e35c36ed00f24fa39aded811f64230a913b0" }, { "version": "46757a3e7d50dac923888e7fbe68377736f13c70", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "bb61dc2ae59026f76db26e1909746908bc5b6f31" }, { "version": "46757a3e7d50dac923888e7fbe68377736f13c70", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "620f1e52a46f604635efd0fb78138afd6a513b5d" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "6.14", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "6.14" }, { "version": "6.18.45", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*" }, { "version": "7.1.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*" }, { "version": "7.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }