From: David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 4/6] initramfs: Refactor to use hex2bin() instead of custom approach
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:57:34 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260331070519.5974-5-ddiss@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260331070519.5974-1-ddiss@suse.de>
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
There is a simple_strntoul() function used solely as a shortcut
for hex2bin() with proper endianess conversions. Replace that
and drop the unneeded function in the next changes.
This implementation will abort if we fail to parse the cpio header,
instead of using potentially bogus header values.
Co-developed-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
---
init/initramfs.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
init/initramfs_test.c | 24 ++++-------------------
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 4ed796566cf35..0d38ea8e63a29 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/hex.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
#include <linux/kstrtox.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@
#include <linux/umh.h>
#include <linux/utime.h>
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
+
#include "do_mounts.h"
#include "initramfs_internal.h"
@@ -190,26 +193,30 @@ static __initdata gid_t gid;
static __initdata unsigned rdev;
static __initdata u32 hdr_csum;
-static void __init parse_header(char *s)
+static int __init parse_header(char *s)
{
- unsigned long parsed[13];
- int i;
+ __be32 header[13];
+ int ret;
- for (i = 0, s += 6; i < 13; i++, s += 8)
- parsed[i] = simple_strntoul(s, NULL, 16, 8);
+ ret = hex2bin((u8 *)header, s + 6, sizeof(header));
+ if (ret) {
+ error("damaged header");
+ return ret;
+ }
- ino = parsed[0];
- mode = parsed[1];
- uid = parsed[2];
- gid = parsed[3];
- nlink = parsed[4];
- mtime = parsed[5]; /* breaks in y2106 */
- body_len = parsed[6];
- major = parsed[7];
- minor = parsed[8];
- rdev = new_encode_dev(MKDEV(parsed[9], parsed[10]));
- name_len = parsed[11];
- hdr_csum = parsed[12];
+ ino = be32_to_cpu(header[0]);
+ mode = be32_to_cpu(header[1]);
+ uid = be32_to_cpu(header[2]);
+ gid = be32_to_cpu(header[3]);
+ nlink = be32_to_cpu(header[4]);
+ mtime = be32_to_cpu(header[5]); /* breaks in y2106 */
+ body_len = be32_to_cpu(header[6]);
+ major = be32_to_cpu(header[7]);
+ minor = be32_to_cpu(header[8]);
+ rdev = new_encode_dev(MKDEV(be32_to_cpu(header[9]), be32_to_cpu(header[10])));
+ name_len = be32_to_cpu(header[11]);
+ hdr_csum = be32_to_cpu(header[12]);
+ return 0;
}
/* FSM */
@@ -289,7 +296,8 @@ static int __init do_header(void)
error("no cpio magic");
return 1;
}
- parse_header(collected);
+ if (parse_header(collected))
+ return 1;
next_header = this_header + N_ALIGN(name_len) + body_len;
next_header = (next_header + 3) & ~3;
state = SkipIt;
diff --git a/init/initramfs_test.c b/init/initramfs_test.c
index b9f83dc194aa6..8a0ddc2db2c08 100644
--- a/init/initramfs_test.c
+++ b/init/initramfs_test.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ struct initramfs_test_cpio {
#define CPIO_HDR_FMT "%s%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%s"
/*
* Bogus newc header with "0x" prefixes on the uid, gid, and namesize values.
- * parse_header()/simple_str[n]toul() accept this, contrary to the initramfs
- * specification.
+ * parse_header()/simple_str[n]toul() accepted this, contrary to the initramfs
+ * specification. hex2bin() now fails.
*/
#define CPIO_HDR_OX_INJECT \
"%s%08x%08x0x%06x0X%06x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x0x%06x%08x%s"
@@ -508,8 +508,7 @@ static void __init initramfs_test_hdr_hex(struct kunit *test)
{
char *err;
size_t len;
- struct kstat st0 = {}, st1 = {};
- char fdata[] = "this file data will be unpacked";
+ char fdata[] = "this file data will not be unpacked";
struct initramfs_test_bufs {
char cpio_src[(CPIO_HDRLEN + PATH_MAX + 3 + sizeof(fdata)) * 2];
} *tbufs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct initramfs_test_bufs), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -539,22 +538,7 @@ static void __init initramfs_test_hdr_hex(struct kunit *test)
len = fill_cpio(c, ARRAY_SIZE(c), true, tbufs->cpio_src);
err = unpack_to_rootfs(tbufs->cpio_src, len);
- KUNIT_EXPECT_NULL(test, err);
-
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, init_stat(c[0].fname, &st0, 0), 0);
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, init_stat(c[1].fname, &st1, 0), 0);
-
- KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test,
- uid_eq(st0.uid, make_kuid(current_user_ns(), (uid_t)0x123456)));
- KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test,
- gid_eq(st0.gid, make_kgid(current_user_ns(), (gid_t)0x123457)));
- KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test,
- uid_eq(st1.uid, make_kuid(current_user_ns(), (uid_t)0x56)));
- KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test,
- gid_eq(st1.gid, make_kgid(current_user_ns(), (gid_t)0x57)));
-
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, init_unlink(c[0].fname), 0);
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, init_rmdir(c[1].fname), 0);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_NOT_NULL(test, err);
kfree(tbufs);
}
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-31 7:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-31 6:57 [PATCH v5 0/6] initramfs: test and improve cpio hex header validation David Disseldorp
2026-03-31 6:57 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] initramfs_test: add fill_cpio() inject_ox parameter David Disseldorp
2026-04-01 12:46 ` Petr Mladek
2026-03-31 6:57 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] initramfs_test: test header fields with 0x hex prefix David Disseldorp
2026-03-31 10:12 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-01 12:47 ` Petr Mladek
2026-03-31 6:57 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] initramfs: Sort headers alphabetically David Disseldorp
2026-04-01 12:49 ` Petr Mladek
2026-03-31 6:57 ` David Disseldorp [this message]
2026-04-01 12:55 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] initramfs: Refactor to use hex2bin() instead of custom approach Petr Mladek
2026-03-31 6:57 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] vsprintf: Revert "add simple_strntoul" David Disseldorp
2026-03-31 6:57 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] kstrtox: Drop extern keyword in the simple_strtox() declarations David Disseldorp
2026-04-01 12:58 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] initramfs: test and improve cpio hex header validation Petr Mladek
2026-04-09 8:48 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-09 13:35 ` Christian Brauner
2026-04-09 13:34 ` Christian Brauner
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