[PATCH v2 2/2] common: buffer access out-of-bounds

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Fri Oct 18 05:06:02 PDT 2024


Hi,

On 18.10.24 13:45, Abdelrahman Youssef via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Abdelrahman Youssef <abdelrahmanyossef12 at gmail.com>
> 
> in file_detect_type() to detect file of type socfpga_xload you need at least
> 68 bytes bytes, so we need to check if we have enough bufsize.
> So I moved it after checking if `bufsize >= 256`.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abdelrahman Youssef <abdelrahmanyossef12 at gmail.com>

Given that there's a small thing to fix with this patch, please resend
it separately with below point addressed.

> ---
>  common/filetype.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/filetype.c b/common/filetype.c
> index 3690d4ae07..3f74871d7f 100644
> --- a/common/filetype.c
> +++ b/common/filetype.c
> @@ -374,9 +374,6 @@ enum filetype file_detect_type(const void *_buf, size_t bufsize)
>  	if (le32_to_cpu(buf[5]) == 0x504d5453)
>  		return filetype_mxs_bootstream;
>  
> -	if (buf[16] == 0x31305341)
> -		return filetype_socfpga_xload;
> -
>  	if (is_barebox_arm_head(_buf))
>  		return filetype_arm_barebox;
>  	if (buf[9] == 0x016f2818 || buf[9] == 0x18286f01)
> @@ -388,7 +385,10 @@ enum filetype file_detect_type(const void *_buf, size_t bufsize)
>  	if (bufsize < 256)
>  		return filetype_unknown;
>  
> -	if (strncmp(buf8, "STM\x32", 4) == 0) {
> +	if (buf[16] == 0x31305341)
> +		return filetype_socfpga_xload;
> +
> +    if (strncmp(buf8, "STM\x32", 4) == 0) {

This whitespace change is unrelated to your fix.

>  		if (buf8[74] == 0x01) {
>  			switch(le32_to_cpu(buf[63])) {
>  			case 0x00000000:
> 


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