[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/7] efi_loader: Fix memory map size check to avoid out-of-bounds access

Stefan Brüns stefan.bruens at rwth-aachen.de
Sun Oct 9 22:17:07 CEST 2016


The current efi_get_memory_map() function overwrites the map_size
property before reading its value. That way the sanity check whether our
memory map fits into the given array always succeeds, potentially
overwriting arbitrary payload memory.

This patch moves the property update write after its sanity check, so
that the check actually verifies the correct value.

So far this has not triggered any known bugs, but we're better off safe
than sorry.

If the buffer is to small, the returned memory_map_size indicates the
required size to the caller.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens at rwth-aachen.de>
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
index ebe8e94..1d23783 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_get_memory_map(unsigned long *memory_map_size,
 	ulong map_size = 0;
 	int map_entries = 0;
 	struct list_head *lhandle;
+	unsigned long provided_map_size = *memory_map_size;
 
 	list_for_each(lhandle, &efi_mem)
 		map_entries++;
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_get_memory_map(unsigned long *memory_map_size,
 	if (descriptor_version)
 		*descriptor_version = EFI_MEMORY_DESCRIPTOR_VERSION;
 
-	if (*memory_map_size < map_size)
+	if (provided_map_size < map_size)
 		return EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL;
 
 	/* Copy list into array */
-- 
2.10.0



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