[PATCH] Check curve_name for null to avoid crash

Bob Wolff bob.wolff68 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 22 23:18:14 CET 2024


If mixed rsa and ecdsa keys are specified in dtsi, an rsa key can be sent
into the ecdsa verify. Without the ecdsa,curve property, this function will
crash due to lack of checking the null pointer return.
Signed-off-by: Bob Wolff <bob.wolff68 at gmail.com>
---

 lib/ecdsa/ecdsa-verify.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ecdsa/ecdsa-verify.c b/lib/ecdsa/ecdsa-verify.c
index 0601700c4f..4d1835b598 100644
--- a/lib/ecdsa/ecdsa-verify.c
+++ b/lib/ecdsa/ecdsa-verify.c
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ static int fdt_get_key(struct ecdsa_public_key *key, const void *fdt, int node)
 	int x_len, y_len;
 
 	key->curve_name = fdt_getprop(fdt, node, "ecdsa,curve", NULL);
+	if (!key->curve_name) {
+		debug("Error: ecdsa cannot get 'ecdsa,curve' property from key. Likely not an ecdsa key.\n");
+		return -ENOMSG;
+	}
+
 	key->size_bits = ecdsa_key_size(key->curve_name);
 	if (key->size_bits == 0) {
 		debug("Unknown ECDSA curve '%s'", key->curve_name);
-- 
2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)



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