virtio-gpu: integer overflow in offset calculation (CWE-190)
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* From: `Cyber_black <Cyberblackk@proton.me>`
* Date: `25 May, 2026`
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## Host environment
Operating system: Debian
OS/kernel version: Linux Enes 6.12.88+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.88-1 (2026-05-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Architecture: x86_64
QEMU flavor: qemu-system-x86_64
QEMU version: QEMU emulator version 10.0.8 (Debian 1:10.0.8+ds-0+deb13u1+b2)
Copyright (c) 2003-2025 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
QEMU command line:
```
./build/qemu-system-x86_64
-M q35,accel=kvm
-m 4096
-cpu host
-device virtio-gpu-pci,blob=true
-display gtk
-drive file=debian.qcow2,if=virtio,format=qcow2
```
Emulated/Virtualized environment
Operating system: Debian
OS/kernel version: Linux Enes 6.12.88+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.88-1 (2026-05-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Architecture: x86_64
## Description of problem
In virtio_gpu_scanout_blob_to_fb(), fb->offset is computed using 32-bit arithmetic:
```
fb->offset = ss->offsets[0]
+ ss->r.x * fb->bytes_pp
+ ss->r.y * fb->stride;
```
fb->offset is uint32_t and the operands are guest-controlled, making integer wraparound possible before the later bounds validation:
```
fbend = fb->offset;
fbend += (uint64_t) fb->stride * ss->r.height;
if (fbend > blob_size)
return false;
```
The wrapped fb->offset is later used in virtio_gpu_do_set_scanout():
```
void *ptr = data + fb->offset;
```
I confirmed the integer overflow / truncation behavior and wrote a minimal guest-side PoC that reaches the SET_SCANOUT_BLOB path with crafted values causing 32-bit wraparound.
Example values:
```
stride = 4096
r.y = 1048577
```
Arithmetic result:
```
1048577 * 4096 = 0x100001000
```
After uint32_t truncation:
```
fb->offset = 0x1000
```
This demonstrates controllable arithmetic truncation before validation.
I have not yet demonstrated a reliable host OOB read/write primitive or crash from this issue alone. In most cases the wrapped value appears to become a smaller in-range offset, which seems to reduce exploitability. This appears to be a real arithmetic bug with unclear security impact.
Steps to reproduce
- Build recent qemu.git master with virtio-gpu blob support enabled.
- Start QEMU using:
```
./build/qemu-system-x86_64
-M q35,accel=kvm
-m 4096
-cpu host
-device virtio-gpu-pci,blob=true
-display gtk
-drive file=debian.qcow2,if=virtio,format=qcow2
```
- Inside the guest, run the attached PoC.
- The PoC submits a crafted VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT_BLOB request where:
```
r.y * stride
```
exceeds 32 bits and wraps before validation.
- Observe wrapped framebuffer offset behavior in the host virtio-gpu path.
## Additional information
Suggested mitigation:
Perform the framebuffer offset computation in uint64_t and validate it before truncating/storing into fb->offset.
Example:
```
uint64_t off = (uint64_t)ss->offsets[0]
+ (uint64_t)ss->r.x * fb->bytes_pp
+ (uint64_t)ss->r.y * fb->stride;
if (off > UINT32_MAX)
return false;
fb->offset = off;
```
[virtio_gpu_overflow_poc.c](/uploads/d6ad947e10c7ff0ef45db6b0302db891/virtio_gpu_overflow_poc.c)
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