[PATCH v2] cmd: abootimg: Prevent use of unintialised variable

Andrew Goodbody andrew.goodbody at linaro.org
Wed Jun 25 17:52:41 CEST 2025


vhdr can be used when not initialised so detect this condition
and exit early to prevent the problem.

This issue was found with Smatch.

Fixes: 636da2039aea (android: boot: support boot image header version 3 and 4)
Signed-off-by: Andrew Goodbody <andrew.goodbody at linaro.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add unmap_sysmem(hdr) in the new exit path
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250625-abootimg_fix-v1-1-ce1645ac9879@linaro.org
---
 cmd/abootimg.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/abootimg.c b/cmd/abootimg.c
index ae7a1a7c83b..31620aa3cfa 100644
--- a/cmd/abootimg.c
+++ b/cmd/abootimg.c
@@ -98,18 +98,20 @@ static int abootimg_get_dtb_load_addr(int argc, char *const argv[])
 	const struct andr_vnd_boot_img_hdr *vhdr;
 
 	hdr = map_sysmem(abootimg_addr(), sizeof(*hdr));
-	if (get_avendor_bootimg_addr() != -1)
+	if (get_avendor_bootimg_addr() != -1) {
 		vhdr = map_sysmem(get_avendor_bootimg_addr(), sizeof(*vhdr));
+	} else {
+		unmap_sysmem(hdr);
+		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+	}
 
 	if (!android_image_get_data(hdr, vhdr, &img_data)) {
-		if (get_avendor_bootimg_addr() != -1)
-			unmap_sysmem(vhdr);
+		unmap_sysmem(vhdr);
 		unmap_sysmem(hdr);
 		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (get_avendor_bootimg_addr() != -1)
-		unmap_sysmem(vhdr);
+	unmap_sysmem(vhdr);
 	unmap_sysmem(hdr);
 
 	if (img_data.header_version < 2) {

---
base-commit: 903eb123236ccbd8ef05d43507a2a910b785bd56
change-id: 20250625-abootimg_fix-51600dc8356a

Best regards,
-- 
Andrew Goodbody <andrew.goodbody at linaro.org>



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