[PATCH v2] android_ab: Fixes: Fix backup offset calculation

Mattijs Korpershoek mkorpershoek at baylibre.com
Thu Aug 29 10:56:20 CEST 2024


Hi Joshua,

Thank you for the patch.

On mer., août 28, 2024 at 08:37, Joshua Watt <jpewhacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> The backup offset is in bytes, but was incorrectly be interpreted as
> blocks, leading to it being written to the wrong location. Fix the
> calculation, clarify that ANDROID_AB_BACKUP_OFFSET is in bytes and must
> be a multiple of the block size, and add a runtime check to validate the
> offset.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at baylibre.com>

As Igor suggested, I will add:

Fixes: 3430f24bc69d ("android_ab: Try backup booloader_message")

When applying.

> ---
>  boot/android_ab.c | 9 +++++++--
>  common/Kconfig    | 3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/boot/android_ab.c b/boot/android_ab.c
> index 143f373aae..1196a189ed 100644
> --- a/boot/android_ab.c
> +++ b/boot/android_ab.c
> @@ -139,8 +139,13 @@ static int ab_control_store(struct blk_desc *dev_desc,
>  {
>  	ulong abc_offset, abc_blocks, ret;
>  
> -	abc_offset = offset +
> -		     offsetof(struct bootloader_message_ab, slot_suffix) /
> +	if (offset % part_info->blksz) {
> +		log_err("ANDROID: offset not block aligned\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	abc_offset = (offset +
> +		      offsetof(struct bootloader_message_ab, slot_suffix)) /
>  		     part_info->blksz;
>  	abc_blocks = DIV_ROUND_UP(sizeof(struct bootloader_control),
>  				  part_info->blksz);
> diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
> index 83c81edac2..e1b8557e0c 100644
> --- a/common/Kconfig
> +++ b/common/Kconfig
> @@ -986,7 +986,8 @@ config ANDROID_AB_BACKUP_OFFSET
>  	help
>  	  If non-zero, a backup bootloader message starting at this offset in
>  	  the partition will tried in the event that the primary one (starting
> -	  at offset 0) fails its checksum.
> +	  at offset 0) fails its checksum. The offset is in bytes and must be
> +	  multiple of the block size.
>  
>  endmenu
>  
> -- 
> 2.45.2


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