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[U-Boot,v3] bootm: Avoid 256-byte overflow in fixup_silent_linux()

Message ID 1326827813-17170-1-git-send-email-dianders@chromium.org
State Superseded
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Commit Message

Doug Anderson Jan. 17, 2012, 7:16 p.m. UTC 
This makes fixup_silent_linux() use malloc() to allocate its
working space, meaning that our maximum kernel command line
should only be limited by malloc().  Previously it was silently
overflowing the stack.

Note that nothing about this change increases the kernel's maximum
command line length.  If you have a command line that is >256
bytes it's up to you to make sure that kernel can handle it.

Signed-off-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Tried to trim down to just the minimum changes needed with
no extra helper code.

Changes in v3:
- Took Mike Frysinger's suggestion of removing strdup()

 common/cmd_bootm.c |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Comments

Mike Frysinger Jan. 17, 2012, 7:27 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Tuesday 17 January 2012 14:16:53 Doug Anderson wrote:
> --- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
> +++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
>
> +	char *env_val;

did marking this const not work out ?

otherwise, seems to look OK ...
-mike
Doug Anderson Jan. 17, 2012, 7:33 p.m. UTC | #2 
Mike,

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 January 2012 14:16:53 Doug Anderson wrote:
>> --- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
>> +++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
>>
>> +     char *env_val;
>
> did marking this const not work out ?

I coded the patch an old "-v2011.06" branch then tested on ToT.  On
"-v2011.06" setenv wasn't const.  I'll resubmit with the "const".

Thanks!

-Doug
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diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
index d5745b1..95ac2d9 100644
--- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
+++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
@@ -1229,9 +1229,14 @@  U_BOOT_CMD(
 /* helper routines */
 /*******************************************************************/
 #ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
+
+#define CONSOLE_ARG     "console="
+#define CONSOLE_ARG_LEN (sizeof(CONSOLE_ARG) - 1)
+
 static void fixup_silent_linux(void)
 {
-	char buf[256], *start, *end;
+	char *buf;
+	char *env_val;
 	char *cmdline = getenv("bootargs");
 
 	/* Only fix cmdline when requested */
@@ -1239,25 +1244,37 @@  static void fixup_silent_linux(void)
 		return;
 
 	debug("before silent fix-up: %s\n", cmdline);
-	if (cmdline) {
-		start = strstr(cmdline, "console=");
+	if (cmdline && (cmdline[0] != '\0')) {
+		char *start = strstr(cmdline, CONSOLE_ARG);
+
+		/* Allocate space for maximum possible new command line */
+		buf = malloc(strlen(cmdline) + 1 + CONSOLE_ARG_LEN + 1);
+		if (!buf) {
+			debug("%s: out of memory\n", __func__);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (start) {
-			end = strchr(start, ' ');
-			strncpy(buf, cmdline, (start - cmdline + 8));
+			char *end = strchr(start, ' ');
+			int num_start_bytes = start - cmdline + CONSOLE_ARG_LEN;
+
+			strncpy(buf, cmdline, num_start_bytes);
 			if (end)
-				strcpy(buf + (start - cmdline + 8), end);
+				strcpy(buf + num_start_bytes, end);
 			else
-				buf[start - cmdline + 8] = '\0';
+				buf[num_start_bytes] = '\0';
 		} else {
-			strcpy(buf, cmdline);
-			strcat(buf, " console=");
+			sprintf(buf, "%s %s", cmdline, CONSOLE_ARG);
 		}
+		env_val = buf;
 	} else {
-		strcpy(buf, "console=");
+		buf = NULL;
+		env_val = CONSOLE_ARG;
 	}
 
-	setenv("bootargs", buf);
-	debug("after silent fix-up: %s\n", buf);
+	setenv("bootargs", env_val);
+	debug("after silent fix-up: %s\n", env_val);
+	free(buf);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE */