[PATCH] mtd: parsers: redboot: reject unterminated FIS names
Pengpeng Hou
pengpeng at iscas.ac.cn
Tue Jun 30 22:39:09 PDT 2026
RedBoot FIS partition names are stored in a fixed 16-byte field that is
expected to be NUL-terminated. parse_redboot_partitions() used strlen()
to size the names area and later copied the same field with strcpy(), so
a malformed table entry without a terminator could make both operations
read beyond the descriptor.
Validate each accepted FIS name with strnlen() before adding it to the
partition list.
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng at iscas.ac.cn>
---
drivers/mtd/parsers/redboot.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/parsers/redboot.c b/drivers/mtd/parsers/redboot.c
index bf162c44..120b2eab 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/parsers/redboot.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/parsers/redboot.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ nogood:
for (i = 0; i < numslots; i++) {
struct fis_list *new_fl, **prev;
+ size_t name_len;
if (buf[i].name[0] == 0xff) {
if (buf[i].name[1] == 0xff) {
@@ -203,8 +204,14 @@ nogood:
if (!redboot_checksum(&buf[i]))
break;
+ name_len = strnlen(buf[i].name, sizeof(buf[i].name));
+ if (name_len == sizeof(buf[i].name)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
new_fl = kmalloc_obj(struct fis_list);
- namelen += strlen(buf[i].name) + 1;
+ namelen += name_len + 1;
if (!new_fl) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
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