[PATCH 8/8] image: Check for unit addresses in FITs
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Tue Feb 16 01:08:12 CET 2021
Using unit addresses in a FIT is a security risk. Add a check for this
and disallow it.
CVE-2021-27138
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
Reported-by: Bruce Monroe <bruce.monroe at intel.com>
Reported-by: Arie Haenel <arie.haenel at intel.com>
Reported-by: Julien Lenoir <julien.lenoir at intel.com>
---
common/image-fit.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
test/py/tests/test_vboot.py | 9 +++---
2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/common/image-fit.c b/common/image-fit.c
index bcf395f6a18..28b3d2b1911 100644
--- a/common/image-fit.c
+++ b/common/image-fit.c
@@ -1568,6 +1568,34 @@ int fit_image_check_comp(const void *fit, int noffset, uint8_t comp)
return (comp == image_comp);
}
+/**
+ * fdt_check_no_at() - Check for nodes whose names contain '@'
+ *
+ * This checks the parent node and all subnodes recursively
+ *
+ * @fit: FIT to check
+ * @parent: Parent node to check
+ * @return 0 if OK, -EADDRNOTAVAIL is a node has a name containing '@'
+ */
+static int fdt_check_no_at(const void *fit, int parent)
+{
+ const char *name;
+ int node;
+ int ret;
+
+ name = fdt_get_name(fit, parent, NULL);
+ if (!name || strchr(name, '@'))
+ return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+
+ fdt_for_each_subnode(node, fit, parent) {
+ ret = fdt_check_no_at(fit, node);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
int fit_check_format(const void *fit, ulong size)
{
int ret;
@@ -1589,10 +1617,27 @@ int fit_check_format(const void *fit, ulong size)
if (size == IMAGE_SIZE_INVAL)
size = fdt_totalsize(fit);
ret = fdt_check_full(fit, size);
+ if (ret)
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+
+ /*
+ * U-Boot stopped using unit addressed in 2017. Since libfdt
+ * can match nodes ignoring any unit address, signature
+ * verification can see the wrong node if one is inserted with
+ * the same name as a valid node but with a unit address
+ * attached. Protect against this by disallowing unit addresses.
+ */
+ if (!ret && CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(FIT_SIGNATURE)) {
+ ret = fdt_check_no_at(fit, 0);
+ if (ret) {
+ log_debug("FIT check error %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
if (ret) {
log_debug("FIT check error %d\n", ret);
- return -EINVAL;
+ return ret;
}
}
@@ -1955,10 +2000,13 @@ int fit_image_load(bootm_headers_t *images, ulong addr,
printf("## Loading %s from FIT Image at %08lx ...\n", prop_name, addr);
bootstage_mark(bootstage_id + BOOTSTAGE_SUB_FORMAT);
- if (fit_check_format(fit, IMAGE_SIZE_INVAL)) {
- printf("Bad FIT %s image format!\n", prop_name);
+ ret = fit_check_format(fit, IMAGE_SIZE_INVAL);
+ if (ret) {
+ printf("Bad FIT %s image format! (err=%d)\n", prop_name, ret);
+ if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(FIT_SIGNATURE) && ret == -EADDRNOTAVAIL)
+ printf("Signature checking prevents use of unit addresses (@) in nodes\n");
bootstage_error(bootstage_id + BOOTSTAGE_SUB_FORMAT);
- return -ENOEXEC;
+ return ret;
}
bootstage_mark(bootstage_id + BOOTSTAGE_SUB_FORMAT_OK);
if (fit_uname) {
diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_vboot.py b/test/py/tests/test_vboot.py
index 22e8fc10d83..6dff6779d17 100644
--- a/test/py/tests/test_vboot.py
+++ b/test/py/tests/test_vboot.py
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ def test_vboot(u_boot_console, sha_algo, padding, sign_options, required,
util.run_and_log(cons, [fit_check_sign, '-f', fit, '-k', dtb])
if full_test:
- # Make sure that U-Boot checks that the config is in the list of hashed
- # nodes. If it isn't, a security bypass is possible.
+ # Make sure that U-Boot checks that the config is in the list of
+ # hashed nodes. If it isn't, a security bypass is possible.
ffit = '%stest.forged.fit' % tmpdir
shutil.copyfile(fit, ffit)
with open(ffit, 'rb') as fd:
@@ -263,10 +263,11 @@ def test_vboot(u_boot_console, sha_algo, padding, sign_options, required,
shutil.copyfile(fit, efit)
vboot_evil.add_evil_node(fit, efit, evil_kernel, 'kernel@')
+ msg = 'Signature checking prevents use of unit addresses (@) in nodes'
util.run_and_log_expect_exception(
cons, [fit_check_sign, '-f', efit, '-k', dtb],
- 1, 'Node name contains @')
- run_bootm(sha_algo, 'evil kernel@', 'Bad Data Hash', False, efit)
+ 1, msg)
+ run_bootm(sha_algo, 'evil kernel@', msg, False, efit)
# Create a new properly signed fit and replace header bytes
make_fit('sign-configs-%s%s.its' % (sha_algo, padding))
--
2.30.0.478.g8a0d178c01-goog
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