VMCI: Fix memcpy() run-time warning in dg_dispatch_as_host()
Syzkaller hit 'WARNING in dg_dispatch_as_host' bug.
memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 56) of single field "&dg_info->msg"
at drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:237 (size 24)
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1555 at drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:237
dg_dispatch_as_host+0x88e/0xa60 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:237
Some code commentry, based on my understanding:
544 #define VMCI_DG_SIZE(_dg) (VMCI_DG_HEADERSIZE + (size_t)(_dg)->payload_size)
/// This is 24 + payload_size
memcpy(&dg_info->msg, dg, dg_size);
Destination = dg_info->msg ---> this is a 24 byte
structure(struct vmci_datagram)
Source = dg --> this is a 24 byte structure (struct vmci_datagram)
Size = dg_size = 24 + payload_size
{payload_size = 56-24 =32} -- Syzkaller managed to set payload_size to 32.
35 struct delayed_datagram_info {
36 struct datagram_entry *entry;
37 struct work_struct work;
38 bool in_dg_host_queue;
39 /* msg and msg_payload must be together. */
40 struct vmci_datagram msg;
41 u8 msg_payload[];
42 };
So those extra bytes of payload are copied into msg_payload[], a run time
warning is seen while fuzzing with Syzkaller.
One possible way to fix the warning is to split the memcpy() into
two parts -- one -- direct assignment of msg and second taking care of payload.
Gustavo quoted:
"Under FORTIFY_SOURCE we should not copy data across multiple members
in a structure."
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Debian
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4 | |
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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000
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Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:15:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 |
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv | |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-12T11:53:08.335Z
Reserved: 2024-05-17T13:50:33.133Z
Link: CVE-2024-35944
Updated: 2024-08-02T03:21:49.080Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-05-19T11:15:50.017
Modified: 2026-05-12T12:16:42.770
Link: CVE-2024-35944
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