From: Quentin Casasnovas Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:03:59 +0000 (+0100) Subject: x86/microcode/intel: Fix out of bounds memory access to the extended header X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d496a002ae1f02425168e5211c237abee588651a;p=linux-beck.git x86/microcode/intel: Fix out of bounds memory access to the extended header Improper pointer arithmetics when calculating the address of the extended header could lead to an out of bounds memory read and kernel panic. Signed-off-by: Quentin Casasnovas Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150225094125.GB30434@chrystal.uk.oracle.com Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c index 420eb933189c..3a6c6136c9da 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c @@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ matching_model_microcode(struct microcode_header_intel *mc_header, if (total_size <= data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE) return UCODE_NFOUND; - ext_header = (struct extended_sigtable *) - mc_header + data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE; + ext_header = (void *) mc_header + data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE; ext_sigcount = ext_header->count; ext_sig = (void *)ext_header + EXT_HEADER_SIZE; @@ -457,8 +456,7 @@ static void __ref show_saved_mc(void) if (total_size <= data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE) continue; - ext_header = (struct extended_sigtable *) - mc_saved_header + data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE; + ext_header = (void *) mc_saved_header + data_size + MC_HEADER_SIZE; ext_sigcount = ext_header->count; ext_sig = (void *)ext_header + EXT_HEADER_SIZE;