From: Sriram Sriram <sriramsriram@linux.microsoft.com>
To: u-boot@lists.u-boot-project.org
Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>,
Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,
Drew Kluemke <ankluemk@microsoft.com>,
Sriram Sriram <sriramsriram@linux.microsoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] board: xilinx: Use strlcat() in board_name_decode()
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 12:20:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260909192047.217421-2-sriramsriram@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260909192047.217421-1-sriramsriram@linux.microsoft.com>
From: Drew Kluemke <ankluemk@microsoft.com>
board_name_decode() assembles the board name into a calloc'd buffer of
MAX_NAME_LENGTH (50) bytes using strcat(). It appends CONFIG_SYS_BOARD
and then, for every detected EEPROM descriptor, "-", desc->name (up to
16 characters), "-rev" and desc->revision (up to 8 characters).
The length check runs only after the loop, so it cannot prevent the
overflow it documents. Each descriptor contributes up to 29 characters,
so a base board plus a carrier card already exceeds the buffer, and the
data being concatenated comes from the EEPROM.
Use strlcat() bounded to MAX_NAME_LENGTH so the writes are truncated
rather than overflowing the allocation. Truncation leaves a string of
MAX_NAME_LENGTH - 1 characters, so relax the check accordingly;
as written it could never fire once strlcat() is used.
Signed-off-by: Drew Kluemke <ankluemk@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Sriram Sriram <sriramsriram@linux.microsoft.com>
---
board/xilinx/common/board.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/board/xilinx/common/board.c b/board/xilinx/common/board.c
index f45b879736e..690991bb435 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/common/board.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/common/board.c
@@ -590,38 +590,42 @@ char * __maybe_unused __weak board_name_decode(void)
/* The first string should be soc name */
if (!id)
- strcat(board_local_name, CONFIG_SYS_BOARD);
+ strlcat(board_local_name, CONFIG_SYS_BOARD,
+ MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
/*
* For two purpose here:
* soc_name- eg: zynqmp-
* and between base board and CC eg: ..revA-sck...
*/
- strcat(board_local_name, "-");
+ strlcat(board_local_name, "-", MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
if (desc->name[0]) {
/* For DT composition name needs to be lowercase */
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(desc->name); i++)
desc->name[i] = tolower(desc->name[i]);
- strcat(board_local_name, desc->name);
+ strlcat(board_local_name, desc->name,
+ MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
}
if (desc->revision[0]) {
- strcat(board_local_name, "-rev");
+ strlcat(board_local_name, "-rev",
+ MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
/* And revision needs to be uppercase */
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(desc->revision); i++)
desc->revision[i] = toupper(desc->revision[i]);
- strcat(board_local_name, desc->revision);
+ strlcat(board_local_name, desc->revision,
+ MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
}
}
/*
- * Longer strings will end up with buffer overflow and potential
- * attacks that's why check it
+ * Longer strings will be truncated by strlcat, check and
+ * panic if the source data was too long for the buffer.
*/
- if (strlen(board_local_name) >= MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
+ if (strlen(board_local_name) >= MAX_NAME_LENGTH - 1)
panic("Board name can't be determined\n");
if (strlen(board_local_name))
--
2.49.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-09 20:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-09 19:20 [PATCH 0/2] board: xilinx: Fix board name overflow and allow board ft_board_setup() Sriram Sriram
2026-09-09 19:20 ` Sriram Sriram [this message]
2026-09-10 7:56 ` [PATCH 1/2] board: xilinx: Use strlcat() in board_name_decode() Maarten Brock
2026-09-10 7:59 ` Michal Simek
2026-09-10 8:03 ` Michal Simek
2026-09-10 9:30 ` Maarten Brock
2026-09-10 9:43 ` Michal Simek
2026-09-15 19:24 ` Sriram Sriram
2026-09-16 8:06 ` Michal Simek
2026-09-09 19:20 ` [PATCH 2/2] board: xilinx: Make ft_board_setup() weak Sriram Sriram
2026-09-16 17:36 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] board: xilinx: board_name_decode() allocation fix and weak ft_board_setup() Sriram Sriram
2026-09-16 17:36 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] board: xilinx: Check calloc() result in board_name_decode() Sriram Sriram
2026-09-16 17:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] board: xilinx: Make ft_board_setup() weak Sriram Sriram
2026-09-25 13:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] board: xilinx: board_name_decode() allocation fix and weak ft_board_setup() Michal Simek
2026-09-28 22:13 ` Sriram Sriram
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260909192047.217421-2-sriramsriram@linux.microsoft.com \
--to=sriramsriram@linux.microsoft.com \
--cc=ankluemk@microsoft.com \
--cc=michal.simek@amd.com \
--cc=trini@konsulko.com \
--cc=u-boot@lists.u-boot-project.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox