[PATCH] env: Make _init() expect _INVALID when _IS_NOWHERE
Pierre-Clément Tosi
ptosi at google.com
Thu Aug 12 17:28:31 CEST 2021
Avoid applying the "fix" introduced by commit 5557eec01cbf ("env: Fix
invalid env handling in env_init()") to the environment "nowhere".
This is necessary as that commit, by setting the return value of
env_init() to -ENOENT if gd->env_valid is ENV_INVALID, forces that
function to reset gd->env_valid to ENV_VALID. By doing so, it breaks the
assumption (required by ENV_IS_NOWHERE) that gd->env_valid must be
ENV_INVALID.
This, in turn, results in env_relocate() calling env_load() (it should
not), which itself, calls U_BOOT_ENV_LOCATION(nowhere).load() i.e.
env_nowhere_load(). That function, being implemented under the
assumption mentioned above, calls env_set_default(), which in turn,
seeing that gd->env_valid is ENV_VALID (it should not), tries to
dereference whatever lies in gd->env_addr (most likely garbage), leading
to a faulty memory access.
Note that other env_locations might be concerned by this bug but that
this commit only intends to fix it for when ENV_IS_NOWHERE.
Fixes: 5557eec01cbf ("env: Fix invalid env handling in env_init()")
Signed-off-by: Pierre-Clément Tosi <ptosi at google.com>
---
env/env.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/env/env.c b/env/env.c
index e534008006..0a0f234747 100644
--- a/env/env.c
+++ b/env/env.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ int env_init(void)
debug("%s: Environment %s init done (ret=%d)\n", __func__,
drv->name, ret);
- if (gd->env_valid == ENV_INVALID)
+ if (gd->env_valid == ENV_INVALID && drv->location != ENVL_NOWHERE)
ret = -ENOENT;
}
--
2.32.0.605.g8dce9f2422-goog
--
Pierre
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