From: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
To: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, Saravana Kannan <saravanak@kernel.org>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] drivers/of: validate live-tree string properties before string use
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 16:18:10 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260507081812.91838-1-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260417223003.1-drivers-of-live-tree-v2-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
`populate_properties()` stores live-tree property values as raw byte
sequences plus a separate `length`. They are not globally guaranteed to
be NUL-terminated.
`of_prop_next_string()` iterates string-list properties by walking raw
bytes, `__of_node_is_type()` checks `device_type`,
`__of_device_is_status()` checks `status`, and
`of_alias_from_compatible()` reads the first `compatible` entry. These
paths must validate that the relevant string fits within the property
bounds before they hand it to C string helpers.
Validate these live-tree string properties within their declared bounds.
In particular, make `of_prop_next_string()` reject malformed entries
before returning them, keep the `device_type` check inside the existing
no-lock helper path, and add unit coverage for malformed first and
trailing string-list entries.
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
---
Changes since v2:
- fix the QEMU virt boot hang reported by Rob Herring: v2 made
__of_node_is_type() call of_property_match_string(), which takes
devtree_lock while __of_node_is_type() is also called from paths that
already hold devtree_lock, such as of_find_node_by_type(),
of_match_node(), and of_find_matching_node_and_match()
- keep the device_type validation bounded, but use __of_get_property()
directly so the helper remains safe under devtree_lock
Changes since v1:
- rework of_prop_next_string() so the first returned string is validated
through the same bounded path
- add of_unittest_property_string() coverage for malformed first and
trailing string-list entries
drivers/of/base.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++-----------
drivers/of/property.c | 27 +++++++++++++----
drivers/of/unittest.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 57420806c1a2..515e364bc4ac 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -82,9 +82,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_node_name_prefix);
static bool __of_node_is_type(const struct device_node *np, const char *type)
{
- const char *match = __of_get_property(np, "device_type", NULL);
+ const char *match;
+ int len;
- return np && match && type && !strcmp(match, type);
+ if (!np || !type)
+ return false;
+
+ match = __of_get_property(np, "device_type", &len);
+ if (!match || len <= 0 || strnlen(match, len) >= len)
+ return false;
+
+ return !strcmp(match, type);
}
#define EXCLUDED_DEFAULT_CELLS_PLATFORMS ( \
@@ -491,22 +499,22 @@ static bool __of_device_is_status(const struct device_node *device,
return false;
status = __of_get_property(device, "status", &statlen);
- if (status == NULL)
+ if (!status || statlen <= 0)
+ return false;
+ if (strnlen(status, statlen) >= statlen)
return false;
- if (statlen > 0) {
- while (*strings) {
- unsigned int len = strlen(*strings);
+ while (*strings) {
+ unsigned int len = strlen(*strings);
- if ((*strings)[len - 1] == '-') {
- if (!strncmp(status, *strings, len))
- return true;
- } else {
- if (!strcmp(status, *strings))
- return true;
- }
- strings++;
+ if ((*strings)[len - 1] == '-') {
+ if (!strncmp(status, *strings, len))
+ return true;
+ } else {
+ if (!strcmp(status, *strings))
+ return true;
}
+ strings++;
}
return false;
@@ -1217,10 +1225,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_matching_node_and_match);
int of_alias_from_compatible(const struct device_node *node, char *alias, int len)
{
const char *compatible, *p;
- int cplen;
+ int ret;
- compatible = of_get_property(node, "compatible", &cplen);
- if (!compatible || strlen(compatible) > cplen)
+ ret = of_property_read_string_index(node, "compatible", 0,
+ &compatible);
+ if (ret)
return -ENODEV;
p = strchr(compatible, ',');
strscpy(alias, p ? p + 1 : compatible, len);
diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
index 50d95d512bf5..e97bfe357808 100644
--- a/drivers/of/property.c
+++ b/drivers/of/property.c
@@ -648,16 +648,31 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_prop_next_u32);
const char *of_prop_next_string(const struct property *prop, const char *cur)
{
- const void *curv = cur;
+ const char *curv;
+ const char *end;
+ size_t len;
- if (!prop)
+ if (!prop || !prop->value || !prop->length)
return NULL;
- if (!cur)
- return prop->value;
+ curv = cur ? cur : prop->value;
+ end = prop->value + prop->length;
- curv += strlen(cur) + 1;
- if (curv >= prop->value + prop->length)
+ if (curv < (const char *)prop->value || curv >= end)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (cur) {
+ len = strnlen(curv, end - curv);
+ if (len >= end - curv)
+ return NULL;
+
+ curv += len + 1;
+ if (curv >= end)
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ len = strnlen(curv, end - curv);
+ if (len >= end - curv)
return NULL;
return curv;
diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index 29402958f11c..ee53363dfa84 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ static void __init of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args_map(void)
static void __init of_unittest_property_string(void)
{
const char *strings[4];
+ const struct property *prop;
struct device_node *np;
int rc;
@@ -789,6 +790,37 @@ static void __init of_unittest_property_string(void)
strings[1] = NULL;
rc = of_property_read_string_array(np, "phandle-list-names", strings, 1);
unittest(rc == 1 && strings[1] == NULL, "Overwrote end of string array; rc=%i, str='%s'\n", rc, strings[1]);
+
+ /* of_prop_next_string() tests */
+ prop = of_find_property(np, "phandle-list-names", NULL);
+ strings[0] = of_prop_next_string(prop, NULL);
+ unittest(strings[0] && !strcmp(strings[0], "first"),
+ "of_prop_next_string() failure; got '%s'\n", strings[0]);
+ strings[0] = of_prop_next_string(prop, strings[0]);
+ unittest(strings[0] && !strcmp(strings[0], "second"),
+ "of_prop_next_string() failure; got '%s'\n", strings[0]);
+ strings[0] = of_prop_next_string(prop, strings[0]);
+ unittest(strings[0] && !strcmp(strings[0], "third"),
+ "of_prop_next_string() failure; got '%s'\n", strings[0]);
+ strings[0] = of_prop_next_string(prop, strings[0]);
+ unittest(!strings[0],
+ "of_prop_next_string() should return NULL at end of list\n");
+
+ prop = of_find_property(np, "unterminated-string", NULL);
+ strings[0] = of_prop_next_string(prop, NULL);
+ unittest(!strings[0],
+ "of_prop_next_string() should reject unterminated first string\n");
+
+ prop = of_find_property(np, "unterminated-string-list", NULL);
+ strings[0] = of_prop_next_string(prop, NULL);
+ unittest(strings[0] && !strcmp(strings[0], "first"),
+ "of_prop_next_string() failure; got '%s'\n", strings[0]);
+ strings[0] = of_prop_next_string(prop, strings[0]);
+ unittest(strings[0] && !strcmp(strings[0], "second"),
+ "of_prop_next_string() failure; got '%s'\n", strings[0]);
+ strings[0] = of_prop_next_string(prop, strings[0]);
+ unittest(!strings[0],
+ "of_prop_next_string() should reject unterminated trailing string\n");
}
#define propcmp(p1, p2) (((p1)->length == (p2)->length) && \
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-07 8:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-03 7:32 [PATCH 1/2] drivers/of: validate live-tree string properties before string use Pengpeng Hou
2026-04-03 7:33 ` [PATCH 2/2] drivers/of: validate status properties in reconfig state changes Pengpeng Hou
2026-04-13 17:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] drivers/of: validate live-tree string properties before string use Rob Herring
2026-04-17 3:06 ` Pengpeng Hou
2026-04-17 12:36 ` [PATCH v2 " Pengpeng Hou
2026-04-17 12:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] drivers/of: validate status properties in reconfig state changes Pengpeng Hou
2026-05-05 18:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers/of: validate live-tree string properties before string use Rob Herring
2026-05-07 8:16 ` Pengpeng Hou
2026-05-07 8:18 ` Pengpeng Hou [this message]
2026-05-07 8:18 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] drivers/of: validate status properties in reconfig state changes Pengpeng Hou
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