Re: [PATCH] gdbstub: Fix buffer overflow in handle_read_all_regs

[Luc Michel]

On 11/8/19 1:55 PM, Damien Hedde wrote:
> Ensure we don't put too much register data in buffers. This avoids
> a buffer overflow (and stack corruption) when a target has lots
> of registers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Damien Hedde <address@hidden>
> ---
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> While working on a target with many registers. I found out the gdbstub
> may do buffer overflows when receiving a 'g' query (to read general
> registers). This patch prevents that.
> 
> Gdb is pretty happy with a partial set of registers and queries
> remaining registers one by one when needed.
> 
> Regards,
> Damien
> ---
>  gdbstub.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
> index 4cf8af365e..dde0cfe0fe 100644
> --- a/gdbstub.c
> +++ b/gdbstub.c
> @@ -1810,8 +1810,17 @@ static void handle_read_all_regs(GdbCmdContext 
> *gdb_ctx, void *user_ctx)
>      cpu_synchronize_state(gdb_ctx->s->g_cpu);
>      len = 0;
>      for (addr = 0; addr < gdb_ctx->s->g_cpu->gdb_num_g_regs; addr++) {
> -        len += gdb_read_register(gdb_ctx->s->g_cpu, gdb_ctx->mem_buf + len,
> -                                 addr);
> +        int size = gdb_read_register(gdb_ctx->s->g_cpu, gdb_ctx->mem_buf + 
> len,
> +                                     addr);
> +        if (len + size > MAX_PACKET_LENGTH / 2) {
> +            /*
> +             * Prevent gdb_ctx->str_buf overflow in memtohex() below.
> +             * As a consequence, send only the first registers content.
> +             * Gdb will query remaining ones if/when needed.
> +             */
I could not find this behaviour documented in the GDB remote protocol
documentation. However in the GDB source code (in process_g_packet() in
remote.c) :

  /* If this is smaller than we guessed the 'g' packet would be,
     update our records.  A 'g' reply that doesn't include a register's
     value implies either that the register is not available, or that
     the 'p' packet must be used.  */


So:

Reviewed-by: Luc Michel <address@hidden>

> +            break;
> +        }
> +        len += size;
>      }
>  
>      memtohex(gdb_ctx->str_buf, gdb_ctx->mem_buf, len);
>