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usb: typec: ucsi: ccg: reject firmware images without a ':' record header
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 14 May 2026 17:10:06 +0000 (19:10 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 18 May 2026 13:14:57 +0000 (15:14 +0200)
commitd7486952bf74e546ee3748fb14b2d07881fa6273
tree07c928f6432d70e925bacf39991f53fe364ef364
parent6c5dbc104dadd79fc2923497c20bae759a18758c
usb: typec: ucsi: ccg: reject firmware images without a ':' record header

do_flash() locates the first .cyacd record with

p = strnchr(fw->data, fw->size, ':');
while (p < eof) {
s = strnchr(p + 1, eof - p - 1, ':');
...
}

If the firmware image contains no ':' byte,  strnchr() returns NULL.
NULL compares less than the valid kernel pointer eof, so the loop body
runs and strnchr() is called with p + 1 == (void *)1 and a length of
roughly (unsigned long)eof, causing a wonderful crash.

The not_signed_fw fallthrough earlier in do_flash() and the chip-state
branches in ccg_fw_update_needed() allow an unsigned blob to reach this
loop, so a root user who can place a crafted file under /lib/firmware
and write the do_flash sysfs attribute can trigger the oops.

Bail out with -EINVAL when the initial strnchr() returns NULL.

Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_t1000
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2026051405-posture-shrill-7884@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c