* [PATCH 1/2] x86/boot: validate earlyprintk= baud rate
@ 2026-04-11 15:34 Thorsten Blum
2026-04-11 15:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/boot: use BASE_BAUD and DEFAULT_SERIAL_PORT Thorsten Blum
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2026-04-11 15:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
H. Peter Anvin
Cc: Thorsten Blum, linux-kernel
parse_earlyprintk() parses the baud rate from the earlyprintk= boot
parameter with simple_strtoull(), stores it in an int, and passes it to
early_serial_init() without validating its range first. Large rates can
then be truncated to a non-zero int, after which early_serial_init()
computes the UART divisor from a potentially corrupted baud rate.
Validate the parsed baud rate before narrowing it to int and only accept
rates from 2 to BASE_BAUD, which fit in the 16-bit divisor written to
DLL/DLH. Values greater than BASE_BAUD would produce divisor 0, and
baud 1 would produce divisor BASE_BAUD, which exceeds 16 bits.
Only parse the baud rate when a usable port has been selected, since
'baud' is not used otherwise.
Fall back to DEFAULT_BAUD for out-of-range values.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c b/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
index 023bf1c3de8b..fe0c8c1022f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#define DLH 1 /* Divisor latch High */
#define DEFAULT_BAUD 9600
+#define BASE_BAUD (1843200/16)
static void early_serial_init(int port, int baud)
{
@@ -89,16 +90,20 @@ static void parse_earlyprintk(void)
if (arg[pos] == ',')
pos++;
- baud = simple_strtoull(arg + pos, &e, 0);
- if (baud == 0 || arg + pos == e)
- baud = DEFAULT_BAUD;
+ /* Parse the baud rate only if a usable port is selected. */
+ if (port) {
+ unsigned long long parsed_baud;
+
+ parsed_baud = simple_strtoull(arg + pos, NULL, 0);
+ if (parsed_baud >= 2 && parsed_baud <= BASE_BAUD)
+ baud = (int)parsed_baud;
+ }
}
if (port)
early_serial_init(port, baud);
}
-#define BASE_BAUD (1843200/16)
static unsigned int probe_baud(int port)
{
unsigned char lcr, dll, dlh;
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2026-04-11 15:34 [PATCH 1/2] x86/boot: validate earlyprintk= baud rate Thorsten Blum
@ 2026-04-11 15:34 ` Thorsten Blum
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2026-04-11 15:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen, x86,
H. Peter Anvin
Cc: Thorsten Blum, linux-kernel
Replace the hard-coded divisor and ttyS0 port with the existing
BASE_BAUD and DEFAULT_SERIAL_PORT macros.
In parse_earlyprintk(), assign 'port' directly and drop the redundant
index variable as well as the 'bases' array to simplify the code.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c b/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
index fe0c8c1022f4..420f50f3bd1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void early_serial_init(int port, int baud)
outb(0, port + FCR); /* no fifo */
outb(0x3, port + MCR); /* DTR + RTS */
- divisor = 115200 / baud;
+ divisor = BASE_BAUD / baud;
c = inb(port + LCR);
outb(c | DLAB, port + LCR);
outb(divisor & 0xff, port + DLL);
@@ -75,16 +75,13 @@ static void parse_earlyprintk(void)
else
pos = e - arg;
} else if (!strncmp(arg + pos, "ttyS", 4)) {
- static const int bases[] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8 };
- int idx = 0;
-
/* += strlen("ttyS"); */
pos += 4;
if (arg[pos++] == '1')
- idx = 1;
-
- port = bases[idx];
+ port = 0x2f8; /* ttyS1 */
+ else
+ port = DEFAULT_SERIAL_PORT;
}
if (arg[pos] == ',')
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