From: Raymond Mao <raymondmaoca@gmail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Cc: Raymond Mao <raymond.mao@riscstar.com>,
Raymond Mao <raymondmaoca@gmail.com>,
Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,
Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com>,
Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] smbios: Add an explicit bounds check for Type 9 length
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:38:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422193846.1333146-1-raymondmaoca@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Raymond Mao <raymond.mao@riscstar.com>
Fix Coverity Scan defect on Type 9 length.
Type 9 formatted length is built dynamically from peer_grouping_count.
Although peer_grouping_count is a byte, the resulting formatted area
still must fit in the SMBIOS header length field (u8).
Add an explicit bounds check before extending len, so the size used by
map_sysmem() and memset() is guaranteed to be valid and consistent
with hdr.length.
Fixes: a8442c226635 ("smbios: add support for dynamic generation of Type 9 system slot tables")
Addresses-Coverity-ID: CID 645487: Insecure data handling (TAINTED_SCALAR)
Signed-off-by: Raymond Mao <raymond.mao@riscstar.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- return len 0 for errors to align with the existing convention of the
file.
lib/smbios.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/smbios.c b/lib/smbios.c
index d5f18c8bd69..fdab5948aad 100644
--- a/lib/smbios.c
+++ b/lib/smbios.c
@@ -1093,6 +1093,9 @@ static int smbios_write_type9_1slot(ulong *current, int handle,
* TODO:
* peer_groups = <peer_grouping_count> * SMBIOS_TYPE9_PGROUP_SIZE
*/
+ if (len + pgroups_size > U8_MAX)
+ return 0;
+
len += pgroups_size;
t = map_sysmem(*current, len);
--
2.25.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-22 19:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-22 19:38 Raymond Mao [this message]
2026-04-22 21:57 ` [PATCH v2] smbios: Add an explicit bounds check for Type 9 length Simon Glass
2026-04-23 8:57 ` Ilias Apalodimas
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