[PATCH v2] vbe: Add VBE 2.0+ OemData field to struct vbe_info

[Daniel Verkamp]

Per the VBE 2.0 specification, the VBE controller information is 512
bytes long when the "VBE2" signature is provided, instead of the
original 256 bytes.

src/bootsplash.c uses the original pre-VBE-2.0 256-byte structure while
also filling in the "VBE2" signature, so a video BIOS that makes use of
the VBE2 OemData area could write past the end of the allocated region.

The original bootsplash code did not have this bug; it was introduced
when the bootsplash VBE structures were merged with the VGA ROM struct
definitions.

Fixes: 69e941c159ed ("Merge bootsplash and VGA ROM vbe structure definitions")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Verkamp 
---

v2 fixes the inverse bug introduced by the original patch - the vgabios
would memset too much data if the caller did not request VBE2 data.

src/std/vbe.h | 2 ++
 vgasrc/vbe.c  | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/std/vbe.h b/src/std/vbe.h
index 94b4ad86..fe96f5ec 100644
--- a/src/std/vbe.h
+++ b/src/std/vbe.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ struct vbe_info {
     struct segoff_s oem_product_string;
     struct segoff_s oem_revision_string;
     u8 reserved[222];
+    /* VBE 2.0 */
+    u8 oem_data[256];
 } PACKED;

struct vbe_mode_info {
diff --git a/vgasrc/vbe.c b/vgasrc/vbe.c
index 66afb011..91abc9ab 100644
--- a/vgasrc/vbe.c
+++ b/vgasrc/vbe.c
@@ -32,16 +32,18 @@ vbe_104f00(struct bregs *regs)
 {
     u16 seg = regs->es;
     struct vbe_info *info = (void*)(regs->di+0);
+    size_t info_size = offsetof(struct vbe_info, oem_data);

if (GET_FARVAR(seg, info->signature) == VBE2_SIGNATURE) {
         dprintf(4, "Get VBE Controller: VBE2 Signature found\n");
+        info_size = sizeof(*info);
     } else if (GET_FARVAR(seg, info->signature) == VESA_SIGNATURE) {
         dprintf(4, "Get VBE Controller: VESA Signature found\n");
     } else {
         dprintf(4, "Get VBE Controller: Invalid Signature\n");
     }

-    memset_far(seg, info, 0, sizeof(*info));
+    memset_far(seg, info, 0, info_size);

SET_FARVAR(seg, info->signature, VESA_SIGNATURE);

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 01:08:27AM -0800, Daniel Verkamp wrote:
> Per the VBE 2.0 specification, the VBE controller information is 512
> bytes long when the "VBE2" signature is provided, instead of the
> original 256 bytes.
>
> src/bootsplash.c uses the original pre-VBE-2.0 256-byte structure while
> also filling in the "VBE2" signature, so a video BIOS that makes use of
> the VBE2 OemData area could write past the end of the allocated region.
>
> The original bootsplash code did not have this bug; it was introduced
> when the bootsplash VBE structures were merged with the VGA ROM struct
> definitions.
>
> Fixes: 69e941c159ed ("Merge bootsplash and VGA ROM vbe structure definitions")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Verkamp

Nice find!  I committed this change.

Thanks,
-Kevin
> v2 fixes the inverse bug introduced by the original patch - the vgabios
> would memset too much data if the caller did not request VBE2 data.
>
> src/std/vbe.h | 2 ++
>  vgasrc/vbe.c  | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/std/vbe.h b/src/std/vbe.h
> index 94b4ad86..fe96f5ec 100644
> --- a/src/std/vbe.h
> +++ b/src/std/vbe.h
> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ struct vbe_info {
>      struct segoff_s oem_product_string;
>      struct segoff_s oem_revision_string;
>      u8 reserved[222];
> /* VBE 2.0 */
> u8 oem_data[256];
>
> } PACKED;
>
> struct vbe_mode_info {
> diff --git a/vgasrc/vbe.c b/vgasrc/vbe.c
> index 66afb011..91abc9ab 100644
> --- a/vgasrc/vbe.c
> +++ b/vgasrc/vbe.c
> @@ -32,16 +32,18 @@ vbe_104f00(struct bregs *regs)
>  {
>      u16 seg = regs->es;
>      struct vbe_info *info = (void*)(regs->di+0);
>
> size_t info_size = offsetof(struct vbe_info, oem_data);
>
> if (GET_FARVAR(seg, info->signature) == VBE2_SIGNATURE) {
>     dprintf(4, "Get VBE Controller: VBE2 Signature found\n");
>    info_size = sizeof(*info);
>
> } else if (GET_FARVAR(seg, info->signature) == VESA_SIGNATURE) {
>        dprintf(4, "Get VBE Controller: VESA Signature found\n");
>    } else {
>        dprintf(4, "Get VBE Controller: Invalid Signature\n");
>    }
> memset_far(seg, info, 0, sizeof(*info));
>
> memset_far(seg, info, 0, info_size);
>
> SET_FARVAR(seg, info->signature, VESA_SIGNATURE);
>
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