Fwd: New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for Das U-Boot
Tom Rini
trini at konsulko.com
Mon Dec 8 20:38:57 CET 2025
Here's the latest Coverity scan report. I think the test/dm/clk_ccf.c
report is just a "works as intended" but I'm not sure off-hand about the
fdtdec.c test. Might be the case the previous test in the file also has
this problem, and since it's just test code, might also be fine enough.
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From: <scan-admin at coverity.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Subject: New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for Das U-Boot
To: <tom.rini at gmail.com>
Hi,
Please find the latest report on new defect(s) introduced to *Das U-Boot*
found with Coverity Scan.
- *New Defects Found:* 2
- 1 defect(s), reported by Coverity Scan earlier, were marked fixed in
the recent build analyzed by Coverity Scan.
- *Defects Shown:* Showing 2 of 2 defect(s)
Defect Details
** CID 639831: (TAINTED_SCALAR)
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*** CID 639831: (TAINTED_SCALAR)
/test/dm/fdtdec.c: 153 in dm_test_fdt_chosen_smbios()
147
148 blob_sz = fdt_totalsize(gd->fdt_blob) + 4096;
149 blob = memalign(8, blob_sz);
150 ut_assertnonnull(blob);
151
152 /* Make a writable copy of the fdt blob */
>>> CID 639831: (TAINTED_SCALAR)
>>> Passing tainted expression "gd->fdt_blob->totalsize" to "fdt_open_into", which uses it as an offset.
153 ut_assertok(fdt_open_into(gd->fdt_blob, blob, blob_sz));
154
155 /* Mock SMBIOS table */
156 entry = map_sysmem(gd->arch.smbios_start, sizeof(struct
smbios3_entry));
157 memcpy(entry->anchor, "_SM3_", 5);
158 entry->length = sizeof(struct smbios3_entry);
/test/dm/fdtdec.c: 153 in dm_test_fdt_chosen_smbios()
147
148 blob_sz = fdt_totalsize(gd->fdt_blob) + 4096;
149 blob = memalign(8, blob_sz);
150 ut_assertnonnull(blob);
151
152 /* Make a writable copy of the fdt blob */
>>> CID 639831: (TAINTED_SCALAR)
>>> Passing tainted expression "gd->fdt_blob->size_dt_strings" to "fdt_open_into", which uses it as an offset.
153 ut_assertok(fdt_open_into(gd->fdt_blob, blob, blob_sz));
154
155 /* Mock SMBIOS table */
156 entry = map_sysmem(gd->arch.smbios_start, sizeof(struct
smbios3_entry));
157 memcpy(entry->anchor, "_SM3_", 5);
158 entry->length = sizeof(struct smbios3_entry);
/test/dm/fdtdec.c: 153 in dm_test_fdt_chosen_smbios()
147
148 blob_sz = fdt_totalsize(gd->fdt_blob) + 4096;
149 blob = memalign(8, blob_sz);
150 ut_assertnonnull(blob);
151
152 /* Make a writable copy of the fdt blob */
>>> CID 639831: (TAINTED_SCALAR)
>>> Passing tainted expression "gd->fdt_blob->size_dt_struct" to "fdt_open_into", which uses it as an offset.
153 ut_assertok(fdt_open_into(gd->fdt_blob, blob, blob_sz));
154
155 /* Mock SMBIOS table */
156 entry = map_sysmem(gd->arch.smbios_start, sizeof(struct
smbios3_entry));
157 memcpy(entry->anchor, "_SM3_", 5);
158 entry->length = sizeof(struct smbios3_entry);
** CID 639830: Integer handling issues (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
/test/dm/clk_ccf.c: 68 in dm_test_clk_ccf()
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*** CID 639830: Integer handling issues (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
/test/dm/clk_ccf.c: 68 in dm_test_clk_ccf()
62 ut_asserteq(CLK_SET_RATE_NO_REPARENT, clk->flags);
63
64 rate = clk_get_parent_rate(clk);
65 ut_asserteq(rate, 60000000);
66
67 rate = clk_set_rate(clk, 60000000);
>>> CID 639830: Integer handling issues (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
>>> Expression "_val1", where "rate" is known to be equal to -38, overflows the type of "_val1", which is type "unsigned int".
68 ut_asserteq(rate, -ENOSYS);
69
70 rate = clk_get_rate(clk);
71 ut_asserteq(rate, 60000000);
72
73 ret = clk_get_by_id(CLK_ID(dev, SANDBOX_CLK_PLL3_80M), &pclk);
View Defects in Coverity Scan
<https://scan.coverity.com/projects/das-u-boot?tab=overview>
Best regards,
The Coverity Scan Admin Team
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Tom
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