NetBSD Problem Report #58870
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From: campbell+netbsd@mumble.net
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Subject: ipmi(4): misaligned buffer in get_sdr_partial
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>Number: 58870
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: ipmi(4): misaligned buffer in get_sdr_partial
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 03 17:40:00 +0000 2024
>Last-Modified: Tue Dec 03 22:15:00 +0000 2024
>Originator: Taylor R Campbell
>Release: current, 10, 9, ...
>Organization:
TheI pmiBSDF oundation
>Environment:
>Description:
1105 static int
1106 get_sdr_partial(struct ipmi_softc *sc, uint16_t recordId, uint16_t reserveId,
1107 uint8_t offset, uint8_t length, void *buffer, uint16_t *nxtRecordId)
1108 {
1109 uint8_t cmd[256 + 8];
1110 int len;
1111
1112 ((uint16_t *) cmd)[0] = reserveId;
1113 ((uint16_t *) cmd)[1] = recordId;
...
1129 if (nxtRecordId)
1130 *nxtRecordId = *(uint16_t *) cmd;
https://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/sys/dev/ipmi.c?r=1.10#1105
The buffer cmd is allocated with inadequate alignment for access as uint16_t, so this is undefined behaviour.
>How-To-Repeat:
code inspection, or run this on a strict-alignment architecture (if any exist with ipmi -- doesn't seem to be included in any non-x86 kernels), or run this on a compiler that assumes undefined behaviour like unaligned access is impossible and therefore infers it is safe to compile this code into nasal demons
>Fix:
Use a union/struct/&c.
>Audit-Trail:
From: Taylor R Campbell <riastradh@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: Michael van Elst <mlelstv@NetBSD.org>,
Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?= <ef@math.uni-bonn.de>,
Hauke Fath <hf@spg.tu-darmstadt.de>,
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
Subject: Re: kern/58870: ipmi(4): misaligned buffer in get_sdr_partial
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 17:55:04 +0000
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The attached patch tries to address this as proposed.
(I don't have time to test this myself so I don't plan to commit it
at the moment unless someone else wants to test it.)
This could conceivably affect Edgar's get_sdr_partial error at boot
but it seems unlikely (nor do I have any better theories about what
has caused that to happen).
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# HG changeset patch
# User Taylor R Campbell <riastradh@NetBSD.org>
# Date 1733247801 0
# Tue Dec 03 17:43:21 2024 +0000
# Branch trunk
# Node ID 42c04f18f85a06e870f0a3cf1ad1e2acaf576bc3
# Parent 702bc3da2819f628a6d103b38eaa0e3cbfa40593
# EXP-Topic riastradh-pr56568-ipmidelay
ipmi(4): Avoid misaligned buffer access in get_sdr_partial.
PR kern/58870: ipmi(4): misaligned buffer in get_sdr_partial
diff --git a/sys/dev/ipmi.c b/sys/dev/ipmi.c
--- a/sys/dev/ipmi.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ipmi.c
@@ -1109,29 +1109,44 @@ static int
get_sdr_partial(struct ipmi_softc *sc, uint16_t recordId, uint16_t reserve=
Id,
uint8_t offset, uint8_t length, void *buffer, uint16_t *nxtRecordId)
{
- uint8_t cmd[256 + 8];
+ union {
+ struct {
+ uint16_t reserveId;
+ uint16_t recordId;
+ uint8_t offset;
+ uint8_t length;
+ } __packed cmd;
+ struct {
+ uint16_t nxtRecordId;
+ uint8_t data[262];
+ } __packed msg;
+ } u;
int len;
=20
- ((uint16_t *) cmd)[0] =3D reserveId;
- ((uint16_t *) cmd)[1] =3D recordId;
- cmd[4] =3D offset;
- cmd[5] =3D length;
+ __CTASSERT(sizeof(u) =3D=3D 256 + 8);
+ __CTASSERT(sizeof(u.cmd) =3D=3D 6);
+ __CTASSERT(offsetof(typeof(u.msg), data) =3D=3D 2);
+
+ u.cmd.reserveId =3D reserveId;
+ u.cmd.recordId =3D recordId;
+ u.cmd.offset =3D offset;
+ u.cmd.length =3D length;
mutex_enter(&sc->sc_cmd_mtx);
- if (ipmi_sendcmd(sc, BMC_SA, 0, STORAGE_NETFN, STORAGE_GET_SDR, 6,
- cmd)) {
+ if (ipmi_sendcmd(sc, BMC_SA, 0, STORAGE_NETFN, STORAGE_GET_SDR,
+ sizeof(u.cmd), &u.cmd)) {
mutex_exit(&sc->sc_cmd_mtx);
aprint_error_dev(sc->sc_dev, "%s: sendcmd fails\n", __func__);
return -1;
}
- if (ipmi_recvcmd(sc, 8 + length, &len, cmd)) {
+ if (ipmi_recvcmd(sc, 8 + length, &len, &u.msg)) {
mutex_exit(&sc->sc_cmd_mtx);
aprint_error_dev(sc->sc_dev, "%s: recvcmd fails\n", __func__);
return -1;
}
mutex_exit(&sc->sc_cmd_mtx);
if (nxtRecordId)
- *nxtRecordId =3D *(uint16_t *) cmd;
- memcpy(buffer, cmd + 2, len - 2);
+ *nxtRecordId =3D u.msg.nxtRecordId;
+ memcpy(buffer, u.msg.data, len - offsetof(typeof(u.msg), data));
=20
return 0;
}
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From: Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?= <ef@math.uni-bonn.de>
To: Taylor R Campbell <riastradh@NetBSD.org>
Cc: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org,
Michael van Elst <mlelstv@NetBSD.org>,
Hauke Fath <hf@spg.tu-darmstadt.de>,
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
Subject: Re: kern/58870: ipmi(4): misaligned buffer in get_sdr_partial
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:02:14 +0100
> This could conceivably affect Edgar's get_sdr_partial error at boot
> but it seems unlikely (nor do I have any better theories about what
> has caused that to happen).
It does fix the problem, thanks.
[ 1.017037] ipmi_acpi0 at acpi0 (NIPM, IPI0001-IPMI Device): io 0xca8,0xcac irq 10
[ 1.017037] ipmi0 at ipmi_acpi0
[...]
[ 52.455705] ipmi0: version 32.0 interface KCS iobase 0xca8/0x8 spacing 4
[ 52.455705] ipmi0: ID 32.1 IPMI 2.0 Available +SDRs
[ 52.455705] ipmi0: Additional Chassis Bridge IPMBRcv FRU SEL SDR Sensor
[ 52.455705] ipmi0: Manufacturer 002a2 Product 01a2
[ 52.455705] ipmi0: Firmware 7.0
From: "Taylor R Campbell" <riastradh@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: PR/58870 CVS commit: src/sys/dev
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 22:11:38 +0000
Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Tue Dec 3 22:11:38 UTC 2024
Modified Files:
src/sys/dev: ipmi.c
Log Message:
ipmi(4): Avoid misaligned buffer access in get_sdr_partial.
PR kern/58870: ipmi(4): misaligned buffer in get_sdr_partial
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