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So as soon as vsc_tp_xfer() tries to add the crc to\nbuf[] the fortify-panic handler gets triggered:\n\n[ 80.842193] memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 4 byte write of buffer size 0\n[ 80.842243] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 272 at lib/string_helpers.c:1032 __fortify_report+0x45/0x50\n...\n[ 80.843175] __fortify_panic+0x9/0xb\n[ 80.843186] vsc_tp_xfer.cold+0x67/0x67 [mei_vsc_hw]\n[ 80.843210] ? seqcount_lockdep_reader_access.constprop.0+0x82/0x90\n[ 80.843229] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7c/0x110\n[ 80.843250] mei_vsc_hw_start+0x98/0x120 [mei_vsc]\n[ 80.843270] mei_reset+0x11d/0x420 [mei]\n\nThe easiest fix would be to just drop the counted-by but with the exception\nof the ack buffer in vsc_tp_xfer_helper() which only contains enough room\nfor the packet-header, all other uses of vsc_tp_packet always use a buffer\nof VSC_TP_MAX_XFER_SIZE bytes for the packet.\n\nInstead of just dropping the counted-by, split the vsc_tp_packet struct\ndefinition into a header and a full-packet definition and use a fixed\nsize buf[] in the packet definition, this way fortify-source buffer\noverrun checking still works when enabled."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: mei: vsc: Se corrige el problema de fortify-panic causado por el uso no v\u00e1lido de counted_by() gcc 15 respeta el atributo __counted_by(len) en vsc_tp_packet.buf[] y el c\u00f3digo vsc-tp.c lo usa de manera incorrecta. len no contiene el tama\u00f1o disponible en el b\u00fafer, contiene la longitud real del paquete *sin* el crc. Entonces, tan pronto como vsc_tp_xfer() intenta agregar el crc a buf[], se activa el controlador fortify-panic: [80.842193] memcpy: desbordamiento de b\u00fafer detectado: escritura de 4 bytes de tama\u00f1o de b\u00fafer 0 [80.842243] ADVERTENCIA: CPU: 4 PID: 272 en lib/string_helpers.c:1032 __fortify_report+0x45/0x50 ... [80.843175] __fortify_panic+0x9/0xb [80.843186] vsc_tp_xfer.cold+0x67/0x67 [mei_vsc_hw] [80.843210] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7c/0x110 [ 80.843250] mei_vsc_hw_start+0x98/0x120 [mei_vsc] [ 80.843270] mei_reset+0x11d/0x420 [mei] La soluci\u00f3n m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil ser\u00eda simplemente omitir el conteo, pero con la excepci\u00f3n del b\u00fafer de reconocimiento en vsc_tp_xfer_helper() que solo contiene suficiente espacio para el encabezado del paquete, todos los dem\u00e1s usos de vsc_tp_packet siempre usan un b\u00fafer de VSC_TP_MAX_XFER_SIZE bytes para el paquete. 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