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authorTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2022-06-09 14:02:19 +0200
committerTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2022-06-15 07:45:28 +0200
commitf5e829f92a494a0b66d309497bab4e9d10d4ce3e (patch)
tree291439188b9d68267c060514dd02f86d924a4499 /sound/core/Kconfig
parent4e54316ad2485dedf8570fc2afa6fa6ce32db207 (diff)
ALSA: control: Add input validation
This patch adds a new feature to enable the validation of input data to control elements in the ALSA core side. When CONFIG_SND_CTL_INPUT_VALIDATION is set, ALSA core verifies whether the each input value via control API is in the defined ranges, also checks whether it's aligned to the defined steps. If an invalid value is detected, ALSA core returns -EINVAL error immediately without passing further to the driver's callback. So this is a kind of hardening for (badly written) drivers that have no proper error checks, at the cost of a slight performance overhead. Technically seen, this reuses a part of the existing validation code for CONFIG_SND_CTL_DEBUG case with a slight modification to suppress error prints for the input validation. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220609120219.3937-5-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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diff --git a/sound/core/Kconfig b/sound/core/Kconfig
index 5289bb29131b..12990d9a4dff 100644
--- a/sound/core/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/core/Kconfig
@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@ config SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG
sound clicking when system is loaded, it may help to determine
the process or driver which causes the scheduling gaps.
+config SND_CTL_INPUT_VALIDATION
+ bool "Validate input data to control API"
+ help
+ Say Y to enable the additional validation for the input data to
+ each control element, including the value range checks.
+ An error is returned from ALSA core for invalid inputs without
+ passing to the driver. This is a kind of hardening for drivers
+ that have no proper error checks, at the cost of a slight
+ performance overhead.
+
config SND_CTL_DEBUG
bool "Enable debugging feature for control API"
depends on SND_DEBUG