[PATCH 17/21] partitions: add partition table parser fuzz target
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Thu Jun 5 04:35:26 PDT 2025
Parsing on-disk partition tables is something barebox often does on
every boot, so add a fuzz test to smoke out memory safety issues.
Co-developed-by: Abdelrahman Youssef <abdelrahmanyossef12 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Abdelrahman Youssef <abdelrahmanyossef12 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
common/partitions.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
images/Makefile.sandbox | 1 +
2 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
diff --git a/common/partitions.c b/common/partitions.c
index 25d5f15721fc..3f618119850d 100644
--- a/common/partitions.c
+++ b/common/partitions.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <partitions.h>
#include <range.h>
+#include <fuzz.h>
static LIST_HEAD(partition_parser_list);
@@ -72,6 +73,21 @@ static int register_one_partition(struct block_device *blk, struct partition *pa
return ret;
}
+static int remove_one_partition(struct block_device *blk, int no)
+{
+ char *partition_name;
+ int ret;
+
+ partition_name = basprintf("%s.%d", blk->cdev.name, no);
+ if (!partition_name)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ret = devfs_del_partition(partition_name);
+ free(partition_name);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static struct partition_parser *partition_parser_get_by_filetype(uint8_t *buf)
{
enum filetype type;
@@ -329,6 +345,46 @@ int partition_parser_register(struct partition_parser *p)
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * Try to collect partition information on the given block device
+ * @param blk Block device to examine
+ * @return 0 most of the time, negative value else
+ *
+ * It is not a failure if no partition information is found
+ */
+static int fuzz_partition_table_parser(struct block_device *ramdisk)
+{
+ struct partition_desc *pdesc;
+ struct partition *part;
+ int rc = 0;
+ struct partition_parser *parser;
+ u8 buf[2 * SECTOR_SIZE] __aligned(8);
+
+ rc = block_read(ramdisk, buf, 0, 2);
+ if (rc != 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ parser = partition_parser_get_by_filetype(buf);
+ if (!parser)
+ return 0;
+
+ pdesc = parser->parse(buf, ramdisk);
+ if (!pdesc)
+ return 0;
+
+ pdesc->parser = parser;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(part, &pdesc->partitions, list) {
+ register_one_partition(ramdisk, part);
+ remove_one_partition(ramdisk, part->num);
+ }
+
+ partition_table_free(pdesc);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+fuzz_test_ramdisk("partitions", fuzz_partition_table_parser);
+
/**
* cdev_unallocated_space - return unallocated space
* cdev: The cdev
diff --git a/images/Makefile.sandbox b/images/Makefile.sandbox
index ce09d0c1374c..b6893d314668 100644
--- a/images/Makefile.sandbox
+++ b/images/Makefile.sandbox
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SYMLINK_TARGET_barebox = sandbox_main.elf
symlink-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX) += barebox
fuzzer-$(CONFIG_FILETYPE) += filetype
+fuzzer-$(CONFIG_PARTITION) += partitions
fuzzer-$(CONFIG_PRINTF_HEXSTR) += printf
ifeq ($(CONFIG_SANDBOX),y)
--
2.39.5
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