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From: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] lib/base64: validate before writing in decode tail path
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:24:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260324222439.46028-2-objecting@objecting.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260324222439.46028-1-objecting@objecting.org>

The trailing-bytes path in base64_decode() writes a decoded byte to
the output buffer before checking whether the input characters are
valid. If the input is malformed, garbage is written to dst before the
function returns -1.

Move the validity checks before any writes so the output buffer is
left untouched on invalid input.

Fixes: 98391 ("lib/base64: add base64 encoding/decoding helper")
Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
---
 lib/base64.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/base64.c b/lib/base64.c
index 41961a444028..20dacee25f65 100644
--- a/lib/base64.c
+++ b/lib/base64.c
@@ -168,15 +168,16 @@ int base64_decode(const char *src, int srclen, u8 *dst, bool padding, enum base6
 		return -1;
 
 	val = (base64_rev_tables[s[0]] << 12) | (base64_rev_tables[s[1]] << 6);
-	*bp++ = val >> 10;
 
 	if (srclen == 2) {
 		if (val & 0x800003ff)
 			return -1;
+		*bp++ = val >> 10;
 	} else {
 		val |= base64_rev_tables[s[2]];
 		if (val & 0x80000003)
 			return -1;
+		*bp++ = val >> 10;
 		*bp++ = val >> 2;
 	}
 	return bp - dst;
-- 
2.34.1


  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-24 22:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-24 22:24 [PATCH 0/2] lib/base64: decode fixes Josh Law
2026-03-24 22:24 ` Josh Law [this message]
2026-03-24 22:24 ` [PATCH 2/2] lib/base64: fix copy-pasted @padding doc in base64_decode() Josh Law

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