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From: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 15/17] lib/bootconfig: validate child node index in xbc_verify_tree()
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:34:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260314223425.142966-16-objecting@objecting.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260314223425.142966-1-objecting@objecting.org>

xbc_verify_tree() validates that each node's next index is within
bounds, but does not check the child index.  If a parser bug ever
sets an out-of-bounds child value, xbc_node_get_child() would return
a pointer outside the xbc_nodes array.  Add the same bounds check
for the child field.

Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
---
 lib/bootconfig.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c
index 0823491221f4..038f56689a48 100644
--- a/lib/bootconfig.c
+++ b/lib/bootconfig.c
@@ -823,6 +823,10 @@ static int __init xbc_verify_tree(void)
 			return xbc_parse_error("No closing brace",
 				xbc_node_get_data(xbc_nodes + i));
 		}
+		if (xbc_nodes[i].child >= xbc_node_num) {
+			return xbc_parse_error("Broken child node",
+				xbc_node_get_data(xbc_nodes + i));
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Key tree limitation check */
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-14 22:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-14 22:34 [PATCH v3 00/17] bootconfig: fixes, cleanups, and modernization Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 01/17] lib/bootconfig: add missing __init annotations to static helpers Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 02/17] lib/bootconfig: fix typo "initiized" in xbc_root_node() kerneldoc Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 03/17] lib/bootconfig: fix typo "uder" in xbc_node_find_next_leaf() Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 04/17] lib/bootconfig: add blank line before xbc_get_info() kerneldoc Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 05/17] lib/bootconfig: fix inconsistent if/else bracing Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 06/17] lib/bootconfig: narrow flag parameter type from uint32_t to uint16_t Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 07/17] lib/bootconfig: fix inconsistent if/else bracing in __xbc_add_key() Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 08/17] lib/bootconfig: fix off-by-one in xbc_verify_tree() next node check Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 09/17] lib/bootconfig: increment xbc_node_num after node init succeeds Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 10/17] lib/bootconfig: drop redundant memset of xbc_nodes Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 11/17] bootconfig: use __packed macro for struct xbc_node Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 12/17] bootconfig: constify xbc_calc_checksum() data parameter Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 13/17] lib/bootconfig: replace linux/kernel.h with specific includes Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 14/17] bootconfig: add __packed definition to tools/bootconfig shim header Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` Josh Law [this message]
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 16/17] lib/bootconfig: check xbc_init_node() return in override path Josh Law
2026-03-14 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 17/17] tools/bootconfig: fix fd leak in load_xbc_file() on fstat failure Josh Law
2026-03-16 12:15   ` Markus Elfring
2026-03-16 15:14     ` Josh Law

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