linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi/libstub: prevent read overflow in find_file

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Message-ID: <CAMj1kXHELn=t9H4z2SK7u5kkTuqh-TnW9YtY6PJs8Q=j-PLVTg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 17:38:30 +0200
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Philipp Fent <fent@...tum.de>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi/libstub: prevent read overflow in find_file_option()

On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 at 13:48, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> If the buffer has slashes up to the end then this will read past the end
> of the array.  I don't anticipate that this is an issue for many people
> in real life, but it's the right thing to do and it makes static
> checkers happy.
>
> Fixes: 7a88a6227dc7 ("efi/libstub: Fix path separator regression")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/file.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/file.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/file.c
> index 4e81c6077188..dd95f330fe6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/file.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/file.c
> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int find_file_option(const efi_char16_t *cmdline, int cmdline_len,
>                 return 0;
>
>         /* Skip any leading slashes */
> -       while (cmdline[i] == L'/' || cmdline[i] == L'\\')
> +       while (i < cmdline_len && (cmdline[i] == L'/' || cmdline[i] == L'\\'))
>                 i++;
>
>         while (--result_len > 0 && i < cmdline_len) {
> --
> 2.30.2
>

Thanks Dan, I will queue this up.