From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7597DC433B4 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C8D613D1 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233502AbhDTSCQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:02:16 -0400 Received: from angie.orcam.me.uk ([157.25.102.26]:39210 "EHLO angie.orcam.me.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231549AbhDTSCP (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:02:15 -0400 Received: by angie.orcam.me.uk (Postfix, from userid 500) id 2A6F992009C; Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:01:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by angie.orcam.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2786292009B; Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:01:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:01:42 +0200 (CEST) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: Khalid Aziz , "James E.J. Bottomley" , "Martin K. Petersen" cc: Christoph Hellwig , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] Bring the BusLogic host bus adapter driver up to Y2021 Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, This is v2 of the series with 2/5 updated to use `vscnprintf' rather than `vsnprintf'. No other changes. So we are here owing to Christoph's recent ISA bounce buffering sweep: which has prompted me to verify the current version of Linux with my old server, which has been long equipped with venerable Linux 2.6.18 and which I now have available for general experimenting, and the BusLogic BT-958 PCI SCSI host bus adapter the server has used for 20-something years now. This revealed numerous issues with the BusLogic driver. Firstly (1/5) it has suffered from some bitrot and messages produced have become messy from the lack of update for proper `pr_cont' support. Secondly (2/5) there has been a potential buffer overrun/stack corruption security issue from using an unbounded `vsprintf' call. Thirdly (3/5) it has become obvious the BusLogic driver would have been non-functional, should I have upgraded the kernel, at least with this configuration for some 8 years now, and the underlying cause has been a long-known issue with the MultiMaster firmware I have dealt with already, back in 2003. To put it short the firmware cannot cope with commands that request an allocation length exceeding the length of actual data returned. I have originally observed it with a LOG SENSE command in the course of investigating why smartmontools bring the system to a death, and worked it around: by issuing the command twice, first just to obtain the allocation length required. As it turns out we need a similar workaround in the kernel now. But in the course of investigating this issue I have discovered there is a second bottom to it and hence I have prepared follow-up changes (4-5/5) to address problems with our handling of Vital Product Data INQUIRY pages. See individual change descriptions for further details. Questions, comments, concerns? Otherwise please apply. Maciej