[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] fdt_region: Ensure that depth never goes below -1

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Wed Nov 7 19:51:46 UTC 2018


From: Konrad Beckmann <konrad.beckmann at gmail.com>

A specially crafted FIT image makes it possible to overflow the stack
with controlled values when using the verified boot feature. Depending
on the memory layout, this could be used to overwrite configuration
variables on the heap and setting them to 0, e.g. disable signature
verification, thus bypassing it.

This change fixes a bug in fdt_find_regions where the fdt structure is
parsed. A lower value than -1 of depth can lead to a buffer underflow
write on the stack.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Beckmann <konrad.beckmann at gmail.com>
---
 lib/libfdt/fdt_region.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/libfdt/fdt_region.c b/lib/libfdt/fdt_region.c
index d3b9a60e994f..7e9fa9272e80 100644
--- a/lib/libfdt/fdt_region.c
+++ b/lib/libfdt/fdt_region.c
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ int fdt_find_regions(const void *fdt, char * const inc[], int inc_count,
 			break;
 
 		case FDT_END_NODE:
+			/* Depth must never go below -1 */
+			if (depth < 0)
+				return -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE;
 			include = want;
 			want = stack[depth--];
 			while (end > path && *--end != '/')
-- 
2.7.4



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