linux-kernel - [tip: efi/urgent] efi/libstub: prevent read overflow in find_file

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Date:   Sun, 23 May 2021 09:46:59 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Dan Carpenter" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: efi/urgent] efi/libstub: prevent read overflow in find_file_option()

The following commit has been merged into the efi/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     c4039b29fe9637e1135912813f830994af4c867f
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/c4039b29fe9637e1135912813f830994af4c867f
Author:        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:48:31 +03:00
Committer:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Sat, 22 May 2021 14:05:32 +02:00

efi/libstub: prevent read overflow in find_file_option()

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>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 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 4e81c60..dd95f33 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) {