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From: srini@kernel.org
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>,
	Srinivas Kandagatla <srini@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 13/14] nvmem: brcm_nvram: fix out-of-bounds access on malformed flash data
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:46:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729094647.111468-14-srini@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260729094647.111468-1-srini@kernel.org>

From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>

The length check in brcm_nvram_parse() validated header->len against
priv->nvmem_size (the full partition size) instead of priv->data_len
(the actual allocated data buffer). A malformed flash partition with
header->len between the two would pass the check, causing
brcm_nvram_add_cells() to read and write priv->data[len - 1] beyond
the heap allocation.

Also add a minimum bound: len < sizeof(*header) could underflow the
data[len - 1] access.

Fix both bounds by rejecting len outside [sizeof(*header), priv->data_len].

Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srini@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c b/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
index c3b4282aa164..9f77aee37121 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
@@ -192,9 +192,13 @@ static int brcm_nvram_parse(struct brcm_nvram *priv)
 	}
 
 	len = le32_to_cpu(header->len);
-	if (len > priv->nvmem_size) {
-		dev_err(dev, "NVRAM length (%zd) exceeds mapped size (%zd)\n", len,
-			priv->nvmem_size);
+	if (len < sizeof(*header)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "NVRAM length (%zd) too small\n", len);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (len > priv->data_len) {
+		dev_err(dev, "NVRAM length (%zd) exceeds data size (%zd)\n", len,
+			priv->data_len);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-29  9:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-29  9:46 [PATCH 00/14] nvmem: updates for 7.3 srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 01/14] nvmem: remove unused field from struct nvmem_device srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 02/14] nvmem: return -EOPNOTSUPP to in-kernel users on missing callbacks srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 03/14] nvmem: check the return value of gpiod_set_value_cansleep() srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 04/14] nvmem: simplify locking with guard() srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 05/14] nvmem: remove unneeded __nvmem_device_put() srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 06/14] nvmem: split out the reg_read/write() callbacks out of struct nvmem_device srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 07/14] nvmem: simplify nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat() srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 08/14] nvmem: remove duplicated reference counting srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 09/14] nvmem: protect nvmem_device::ops with SRCU srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 10/14] eeprom: move nvmem EEPROM drivers to drivers/nvmem/ srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 11/14] nvmem: airoha: add ARM64 dependency srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 12/14] nvmem: brcm_nvram: reject empty NVRAM partition srini
2026-07-29  9:46 ` srini [this message]
2026-07-29  9:46 ` [PATCH 14/14] dt-bindings: nvmem: qfprom: Add ipq5210 & ipq9650 compatible srini

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