On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Eric van Gyzen <vangy...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Your system's real-time clock is returning garbage. r312702 added some
> input validation a few weeks ago. Previously, the kernel was reading beyond
> the end of an array and either complaining about the clock or setting it to
> the wrong time based on whatever was in the memory beyond the array.
>
> The added validation shouldn't be an assertion because it operates on data
> beyond the kernel's control. Try this:
>
> --- sys/libkern.h (revision 314424)
> +++ sys/libkern.h (working copy)
> @@ -57,8 +57,10 @@
> bcd2bin(int bcd)
> {
>
> - KASSERT(bcd >= 0 && bcd < LIBKERN_LEN_BCD2BIN,
> - ("invalid bcd %d", bcd));
> + if (bcd < 0 || bcd >= LIBKERN_LEN_BCD2BIN) {
> + printf("invalid bcd %d\n", bcd);
> + return (0);
> + }
> return (bcd2bin_data[bcd]);
> }
I don't think removing this assertion and truncating to zero is the
right thing to do. Adding an error return to this routine is a little
much, though. I think probably the caller should perform input
validation between the broken device and this routine.
Thanks,
Conrad
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