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From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect sizeof in phys array reallocation
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:46:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260410154637.42301-1-thuth@redhat.com> (raw)

From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

The krealloc() call for cap_info->phys in __efi_capsule_setup_info() uses
sizeof(phys_addr_t *) instead of sizeof(phys_addr_t), which might be
causing an undersized allocation.

The allocation is also inconsistent with the initial array allocation in
efi_capsule_open() that allocates one entry with sizeof(phys_addr_t),
and the efi_capsule_write() function that stores phys_addr_t values (not
pointers) via page_to_phys().

On 64-bit systems where sizeof(phys_addr_t) == sizeof(phys_addr_t *), this
goes unnoticed. On 32-bit systems with PAE where phys_addr_t is 64-bit but
pointers are 32-bit, this allocates half the required space, which might
lead to a heap buffer overflow when storing physical addresses.

This is similar to the bug fixed in commit fccfa646ef36 ("efi/capsule-loader:
fix incorrect allocation size") which fixed the same issue at the initial
allocation site.

Fixes: f24c4d478013 ("efi/capsule-loader: Reinstate virtual capsule mapping")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-5
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c
index 2c628a1270919..8e8f81f0a5a0a 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int __efi_capsule_setup_info(struct capsule_info *cap_info)
 	cap_info->pages = temp_page;
 
 	temp_page = krealloc(cap_info->phys,
-			     pages_needed * sizeof(phys_addr_t *),
+			     pages_needed * sizeof(phys_addr_t),
 			     GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!temp_page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.53.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-04-10 15:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-10 15:46 Thomas Huth [this message]
2026-04-10 16:11 ` [PATCH] efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect sizeof in phys array reallocation Ard Biesheuvel

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