[PATCH] lib: sbi_pmu: fix integer overflow in pmu_ctr_idx_validate and cfg_match skip path
liutong <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:50:49 +0800
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pmu_ctr_idx_validate() checks whether counter indices are in range using cbase + sbi_fls(cmask) < total_ctrs. Both operands are unsigned long, so a crafted cbase close to ULONG_MAX causes the addition to wrap around to a small value that passes the comparison. Once validation is bypassed, sbi_pmu_ctr_cfg_match() with the SKIP_MATCH flag uses the overflowed index directly as an array subscript into phs->active_events[], producing an out-of-bounds read in M-mode. Through the firmware-event code path, the same overflowed index reaches fw_counters_data[] and fw_counters_started, giving an attacker OOB write-zero and OOB bit-set primitives in M-mode memory. Fix pmu_ctr_idx_validate() by checking for unsigned overflow before the comparison, and add a secondary bounds check on cidx_first in the SKIP_MATCH path so that even if validation is somehow bypassed in the future, the array access remains bounded. Signed-off-by: liutong <[email protected]> --- lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c b/lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c index 480a9723..1b3e7c9a 100644 --- a/lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c +++ b/lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c @@ -224,8 +224,16 @@ static int pmu_ctr_validate(struct sbi_pmu_hart_state *phs, static bool pmu_ctr_idx_validate(unsigned long cbase, unsigned long cmask) { - /* Do a basic sanity check of counter base & mask */ - return cmask && cbase + sbi_fls(cmask) < total_ctrs; + unsigned long last; + + if (!cmask) + return false; + + last = sbi_fls(cmask); + if (cbase > ULONG_MAX - last) + return false; + + return (cbase + last) < total_ctrs; } int sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(unsigned long cidx, uint64_t *cval, bool high_bits) @@ -916,6 +924,9 @@ int sbi_pmu_ctr_cfg_match(unsigned long cidx_base, unsigned long cidx_mask, unsigned long cidx_first = cidx_base + sbi_ffs(cidx_mask); + if (cidx_first >= total_ctrs) + return SBI_EINVAL; + if (phs->active_events[cidx_first] == SBI_PMU_EVENT_IDX_INVALID) return SBI_EINVAL; ctr_idx = cidx_first; -- 2.34.1 -- opensbi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/opensbi