[PATCH mtd-utils] misc-utils: flash_erase: FIX integer overflow in flash_erase.c

Anton Moryakov ant.v.moryakov at gmail.com
Wed Dec 11 06:04:03 PST 2024


Report of the static analyzer:
The value of an arithmetic expression 'eb_cnt * mtd.eb_size' is a subject to overflow because its operands are not cast to a larger data type before performing arithmetic

Corrections explained:
Added explicit casting of eb_cnt to long long in the condition 
if (eb_start == 0 && mtd.size == eb_cnt * mtd.eb_size) 
to ensure the multiplication is performed in a 64-bit context, 
preventing potential overflow for large values of eb_cnt and mtd.eb_size.
This ensures correct handling of devices with large block counts or block sizes.

Triggers found by static analyzer Svace.

Signed-off-by: Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov at gmail.com>

---
 misc-utils/flash_erase.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/misc-utils/flash_erase.c b/misc-utils/flash_erase.c
index c6f6f66..78a3bd1 100644
--- a/misc-utils/flash_erase.c
+++ b/misc-utils/flash_erase.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (eb_cnt == 0)
 		eb_cnt = (mtd.size / mtd.eb_size) - eb_start;
 
-	if (eb_start == 0 && mtd.size == eb_cnt * mtd.eb_size)
+	if (eb_start == 0 && mtd.size == (long long)eb_cnt * mtd.eb_size)
 		erase_chip = true;
 
 	/* If MTD device may have bad eraseblocks,
-- 
2.30.2




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