From b6773d9cf02bb6d5e41e382fa09873a344dc6071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vraspar <vrajang@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:23:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add bounds validation for LinearClassifier coefficients to
 prevent OOB read in GEMM

---
 .../core/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifier.cc | 14 +++++++
 .../providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifer_test.cc  | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifier.cc b/onnxruntime/core/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifier.cc
index d256d60b766a8..e181ffb0c731b 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifier.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifier.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ LinearClassifier::LinearClassifier(const OpKernelInfo& info)
 
   using_strings_ = !classlabels_strings_.empty();
   class_count_ = static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(intercepts_.size());
+
+  ORT_ENFORCE(class_count_ > 0, "LinearClassifier: intercepts must not be empty.");
+  ORT_ENFORCE(coefficients_.size() % static_cast<size_t>(class_count_) == 0,
+              "LinearClassifier: coefficients size (", coefficients_.size(),
+              ") must be a multiple of the number of classes (", class_count_, ").");
+
   SetupMlasBackendKernelSelectorFromConfigOptions(mlas_backend_kernel_selector_config_, info.GetConfigOptions());
 }
 
@@ -146,6 +152,14 @@ Status LinearClassifier::Compute(OpKernelContext* ctx) const {
                                                                   input_shape[0])
                                                             : narrow<ptrdiff_t>(input_shape[1]);
 
+  // Validate coefficients are large enough to prevent OOB read in GEMM.
+  const size_t expected_coefficients_size = SafeInt<size_t>(class_count_) * SafeInt<size_t>(num_features);
+  if (coefficients_.size() < expected_coefficients_size) {
+    return ORT_MAKE_STATUS(ONNXRUNTIME, INVALID_ARGUMENT,
+                           "LinearClassifier: coefficients length (", coefficients_.size(),
+                           ") is less than classes (", class_count_, ") * features (", num_features, ")");
+  }
+
   Tensor* Y = ctx->Output(0, {num_batches});
 
   int64_t output_classes = class_count_;
diff --git a/onnxruntime/test/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifer_test.cc b/onnxruntime/test/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifer_test.cc
index 3decb3f93888a..7fe75c68ccb2c 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/test/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifer_test.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/test/providers/cpu/ml/linearclassifer_test.cc
@@ -166,5 +166,47 @@ TEST(MLOpTest, LinearClassifierMulticlassInt32Input) {
 TEST(MLOpTest, LinearClassifierMulticlassDoubleInput) {
   LinearClassifierMulticlass<double>();
 }
+
+// Regression test: coefficients size doesn't match class_count * num_features.
+TEST(MLOpTest, LinearClassifierInvalidCoefficientsSizeFails) {
+  OpTester test("LinearClassifier", 1, onnxruntime::kMLDomain);
+
+  // 3 intercepts => class_count = 3, input has 2 features => expects 6 coefficients.
+  std::vector<float> coefficients = {-0.22562418f, 0.34188559f, 0.68346153f};
+  std::vector<int64_t> classes = {1, 2, 3};
+  std::vector<float> intercepts = {-3.91601811f, 0.42575697f, 0.13731251f};
+
+  test.AddAttribute("coefficients", coefficients);
+  test.AddAttribute("intercepts", intercepts);
+  test.AddAttribute("classlabels_ints", classes);
+
+  test.AddInput<float>("X", {1, 2}, {1.f, 0.f});
+  test.AddOutput<int64_t>("Y", {1}, {0LL});
+  test.AddOutput<float>("Z", {1, 3}, {0.f, 0.f, 0.f});
+
+  test.Run(OpTester::ExpectResult::kExpectFailure,
+           "LinearClassifier: coefficients length (3) is less than classes (3) * features (2)");
+}
+
+// Regression test: coefficients not divisible by class_count.
+TEST(MLOpTest, LinearClassifierCoefficientsSizeNotDivisibleByClassCountFails) {
+  OpTester test("LinearClassifier", 1, onnxruntime::kMLDomain);
+
+  // 3 intercepts => class_count = 3, but 5 coefficients is not divisible by 3.
+  std::vector<float> coefficients = {1.f, 2.f, 3.f, 4.f, 5.f};
+  std::vector<int64_t> classes = {1, 2, 3};
+  std::vector<float> intercepts = {0.1f, 0.2f, 0.3f};
+
+  test.AddAttribute("coefficients", coefficients);
+  test.AddAttribute("intercepts", intercepts);
+  test.AddAttribute("classlabels_ints", classes);
+
+  test.AddInput<float>("X", {1, 2}, {1.f, 0.f});
+  test.AddOutput<int64_t>("Y", {1}, {0LL});
+  test.AddOutput<float>("Z", {1, 3}, {0.f, 0.f, 0.f});
+
+  test.Run(OpTester::ExpectResult::kExpectFailure,
+           "coefficients size (5) must be a multiple of the number of classes (3)");
+}
 }  // namespace test
 }  // namespace onnxruntime