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
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