[PATCH v2] ARM: xen: validate hypervisor compatible before parsing its version

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Sun, 5 Apr 2026, Pengpeng Hou wrote:
> fdt_find_hyper_node() reads the raw compatible property and then derives
> hyper_node.version from a prefix match before later printing it with %s.
> Flat DT properties are external boot input, and this path does not prove
> that the first compatible entry is NUL-terminated within the returned
> property length.
> 
> Keep the existing flat-DT lookup path, but verify that the first
> compatible entry terminates within the returned property length before
> deriving the version suffix from it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng at iscas.ac.cn>

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini at kernel.org>


> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - keep `of_get_flat_dt_prop()` instead of switching to `fdt_stringlist_get()`
> - validate the first compatible entry with bounded `strnlen()`
> 
>  arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> index 4feed2c2..25a0ce3b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ static __initdata struct {
>  static int __init fdt_find_hyper_node(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
>  				      int depth, void *data)
>  {
> -	const void *s = NULL;
> +	const char *s = NULL;
>  	int len;
> +	size_t prefix_len = strlen(hyper_node.prefix);
>  
>  	if (depth != 1 || strcmp(uname, "hypervisor") != 0)
>  		return 0;
> @@ -228,9 +229,10 @@ static int __init fdt_find_hyper_node(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
>  		hyper_node.found = true;
>  
>  	s = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "compatible", &len);
> -	if (strlen(hyper_node.prefix) + 3  < len &&
> -	    !strncmp(hyper_node.prefix, s, strlen(hyper_node.prefix)))
> -		hyper_node.version = s + strlen(hyper_node.prefix);
> +	if (s && len > 0 && strnlen(s, len) < len &&
> +	    len > prefix_len + 3 &&
> +	    !strncmp(hyper_node.prefix, s, prefix_len))
> +		hyper_node.version = s + prefix_len;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Check if Xen supports EFI by checking whether there is the
> -- 
> 2.50.1
>