[PATCH 2/3] commands: md: fix OOB read when mmapping
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at barebox.org
Mon Jan 12 00:56:05 PST 2026
md -s /dev/mmappable.device will read out-of-bounds if the byte count to
read exceeds the device size.
Limit the size read from the memmap to fix this.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
---
commands/md.c | 4 ++++
common/ratp/md.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/commands/md.c b/commands/md.c
index f3758f571fb2..401538d4d8be 100644
--- a/commands/md.c
+++ b/commands/md.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ static int do_mem_md(int argc, char *argv[])
loff_t start = 0, size = 0x100;
int r, now;
int ret = 0;
+ struct stat st;
int fd;
char *filename = "/dev/mem";
int mode = O_RWSIZE_4;
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ static int do_mem_md(int argc, char *argv[])
return 1;
}
+ if (!fstat(fd, &st) && st.st_size != FILE_SIZE_STREAM)
+ size = min(size, st.st_size);
+
map = memmap(fd, PROT_READ);
if (map != MAP_FAILED) {
ret = memory_display(map + start, start, size,
diff --git a/common/ratp/md.c b/common/ratp/md.c
index 8221afaebc22..f3302dedafb7 100644
--- a/common/ratp/md.c
+++ b/common/ratp/md.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static int do_ratp_mem_md(const char *filename,
loff_t size,
uint8_t *output)
{
+ struct stat st;
int r, now, t;
int ret = 0;
int fd;
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ static int do_ratp_mem_md(const char *filename,
return -errno;
}
+ if (!fstat(fd, &st) && st.st_size != FILE_SIZE_STREAM)
+ size = min(size, st.st_size);
+
map = memmap(fd, PROT_READ);
if (map != MAP_FAILED) {
memcpy(output, (uint8_t *)(map + start), size);
--
2.47.3
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