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Re: XADV-2013007 Linux Kernel bt8xx Video Driver IOCTL Heap Overflow


From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter () oracle com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:56:00 +0300

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 01:43:47PM +0900, x90c wrote:
[~linux/2.6.18/include/linux/videodev.h]
----
struct video_window
{
__u32 x,y; /* Position of window */
__u32 width,height; /* Its size */
__u32 chromakey;
__u32 flags;
struct video_clip __user *clips; /* Set only */
int clipcount;
#define VIDEO_WINDOW_INTERLACE 1
#define VIDEO_WINDOW_CHROMAKEY 16 /* Overlay by chromakey */
#define VIDEO_CLIP_BITMAP -1
/* bitmap is 1024x625, a '1' bit represents a clipped pixel */
#define VIDEO_CLIPMAP_SIZE (128 * 625)
};

You are looking at the wrong struct.  You should be looking at
struct v4l2_window.  clipount is unsigned in v4l2_window so the code
is ok I think...  I don't have the hardware so I can't test your PoC.

regards,
dan carpenter

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