[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: avoid using unitialized values as console size

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Wed May 16 16:17:38 UTC 2018


If a request for the console size would be answered with a response
with less then three values, uninitialized stack memory would be
copied to the number of rows and columns of the terminal.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
index 5d1a9a8081e..8365431291c 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ static struct simple_text_output_mode efi_con_mode = {
 	.cursor_visible = 1,
 };
 
-static int term_read_reply(int *n, int maxnum, char end_char)
+/*
+ * Receive and parse a reply from the terminal.
+ *
+ * @n:		array of return values
+ * @num:	number of return values expected
+ * @end_char:	character indicating end of terminal message
+ * @return:	non-zero indicates error
+ */
+static int term_read_reply(int *n, int num, char end_char)
 {
 	char c;
 	int i = 0;
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ static int term_read_reply(int *n, int maxnum, char end_char)
 		c = getc();
 		if (c == ';') {
 			i++;
-			if (i >= maxnum)
+			if (i >= num)
 				return -1;
 			n[i] = 0;
 			continue;
@@ -94,6 +102,8 @@ static int term_read_reply(int *n, int maxnum, char end_char)
 		n[i] *= 10;
 		n[i] += c - '0';
 	}
+	if (i != num - 1)
+		return -1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.14.2



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