From: Pranav Rajendran <pranavkasthuri@gmail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.u-boot-project.org
Cc: philippe.reynes@softathome.com, trini@konsulko.com,
Pranav Rajendran <pranavkasthuri@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 3/3] lib: aes: reject an unciphered size larger than the ciphertext
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:07:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260815220754.11724-4-pranavkasthuri@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260815220754.11724-1-pranavkasthuri@gmail.com>
image_aes_decrypt() allocates cipher_len bytes, decrypts into them, and
then reports the plaintext length to its caller as
info->size_unciphered, without relating the two. size_unciphered comes
from the image's 'data-size-unciphered' property, so an image can claim
a plaintext larger than the buffer that was allocated for it.
fit_image_uncipher() propagates that length as the image size, and
everything downstream - the load, the copy to the entry point - works
from it, reading up to 4 GiB past the end of the decrypted buffer.
Unlike the image data itself, 'data-size-unciphered' is not covered by
the per-image hash or signature, so this is reachable on a signed FIT
whose signature still verifies.
Decryption produces exactly cipher_len bytes, so require the claimed
size to fit within that.
Fixes: 4df3578119b0 ("u-boot: fit: add support to decrypt fit with aes")
Signed-off-by: Pranav Rajendran <pranavkasthuri@gmail.com>
---
lib/aes/aes-decrypt.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/aes/aes-decrypt.c b/lib/aes/aes-decrypt.c
index 85773a9c4f6..5d616983082 100644
--- a/lib/aes/aes-decrypt.c
+++ b/lib/aes/aes-decrypt.c
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ int image_aes_decrypt(struct image_cipher_info *info,
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /*
+ * Decryption produces exactly cipher_len bytes, so the unciphered
+ * size the image claims cannot be larger than that.
+ */
+ if (info->size_unciphered > cipher_len) {
+ printf("Invalid unciphered size\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
*data = malloc(cipher_len);
if (!*data) {
printf("Can't allocate memory to decrypt\n");
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-15 22:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-15 22:07 [PATCH v1 0/3] fit: cipher: bounds checks on the ciphered image path Pranav Rajendran
2026-08-15 22:07 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] lib: aes: reject a ciphertext length that is not a whole number of blocks Pranav Rajendran
2026-08-25 12:52 ` Simon Glass
2026-08-15 22:07 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] image-fit: check the length of the data-size-unciphered property Pranav Rajendran
2026-08-25 12:52 ` Simon Glass
2026-08-15 22:07 ` Pranav Rajendran [this message]
2026-08-25 12:52 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] lib: aes: reject an unciphered size larger than the ciphertext Simon Glass
2026-08-25 12:53 ` [v1,0/3] fit: cipher: bounds checks on the ciphered image path Simon Glass
2026-08-25 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " Pranav Rajendran
2026-08-25 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] lib: aes: reject a ciphertext length that is not a whole number of blocks Pranav Rajendran
2026-08-25 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] image-fit: check the length of the data-size-unciphered property Pranav Rajendran
2026-08-25 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] lib: aes: reject an unciphered size larger than the ciphertext Pranav Rajendran
2026-08-25 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] include: u-boot: aes: make disabled cipher stubs static inline Pranav Rajendran
2026-08-25 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] test: boot: add regression tests for the FIT cipher bounds checks Pranav Rajendran
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