[PATCH v2] env: mmc: Correct partition comparison in mmc_offset_try_partition
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Thu Nov 12 21:07:18 CET 2020
Dear Hoyeonjiki Kim,
In message <20201112131237.1239-1-jigi.kim at gmail.com> you wrote:
> The function mmc_offset_try_partition searches MMC partition to save the
> environment data by name. However, it only compares the first word-size
> bytes (size of 'const char *'), which may make the function to find
> unintended partition.
>
> Correct the function not to partially compare the partition name with
> config "u-boot,mmc-env-partition".
>
> Fixes: c9e87ba66540 ("env: Save environment at the end of an MMC partition")
> Signed-off-by: Hoyeonjiki Kim <jigi.kim at gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung at samsung.com>
> ---
> env/mmc.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/env/mmc.c b/env/mmc.c
> index 4e67180b23..505f7aa2b8 100644
> --- a/env/mmc.c
> +++ b/env/mmc.c
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static inline int mmc_offset_try_partition(const char *str, int copy, s64 *val)
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
>
> - if (!strncmp((const char *)info.name, str, sizeof(str)))
> + if (!strcmp((const char *)info.name, str))
Resend my comment, too. This looks dangerous, please double check!!
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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