Re: platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: unbounded PD cap count in cros_typec_register_partner_pdos()

Tzung-Bi Shih <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.chrome-platform,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 03:00:48PM +0800, Maoyi Xie wrote:
> > How did you reproduce the overflow?  Was this by modifying the EC firmware
> > to send larger counts, or can this be triggered by a non-compliant USB-C
> > partner device?
> 
> I did not modify the EC firmware and I did not have a real partner. I do
> not have cros_ec hardware. I ran the same copy in a small standalone test,
> a u32 pdo[7] on the stack with a count above 7, and it tripped the stack
> protector. So this is a source review plus that test, not a hardware repro.
> 
> I also cannot confirm that a non-compliant partner can push the count past
> 7. That depends on whether the EC already caps it, which I cannot see. It
> may well need buggy or compromised EC firmware. I assumed the partner path
> in my mail and I should not have stated it so firmly.

FWIW: the ChromeOS EC firmware caps the counts[1].

[1] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/ec/+/refs/heads/main/common/usb_pd_host_cmd_common.c#301
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