[PATCH v2] fs: semihosting: Fixup smh_flen and smh_read against overflow
Andrew Goodbody
andrew.goodbody at linaro.org
Thu Oct 2 18:07:20 CEST 2025
On 02/10/2025 16:42, Sean Anderson wrote:
> On 10/2/25 10:32, Andrew Goodbody wrote:
>> The sys calls SYS_FLEN and SYS_READ were being used in a way that did
>> not allow for file sizes > 2^31. Fixing this required changing the
>> signatures of the functions smh_flen and smh_read to allow file
>> sizes up to 2^32 - 2 and also being able to return errors that could be
>> tested for.
>>
>> This issue was found by Smatch.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Goodbody <andrew.goodbody at linaro.org>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Fixup smh_flen and smh_read to allow for > 2^31 byte files
>> - Link to v1: https://cas5-0-urlprotect.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2flore.kernel.org%2fr%2f20251002%2dfs%5fsemihosting%2dv1%2d1%2d1124e6becc51%40linaro.org&umid=ee8de4df-2479-48c7-83ae-b302789e6a41&rct=1759415558&auth=d807158c60b7d2502abde8a2fc01f40662980862-944860761829276b5cf613a133926bf7544353ff
>> ---
>> common/spl/spl_semihosting.c | 13 +++++++------
>> drivers/serial/serial_semihosting.c | 6 ++++--
>> fs/semihostingfs.c | 13 +++++++------
>> include/semihosting.h | 13 +++++++------
>> lib/semihosting.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
>> 5 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/common/spl/spl_semihosting.c b/common/spl/spl_semihosting.c
>> index f36863fe48d25859ee9af67a67140893b6e9e262..fb578a274d0d937b2ed5bd13e505bcefd4491799 100644
>> --- a/common/spl/spl_semihosting.c
>> +++ b/common/spl/spl_semihosting.c
>> @@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ static ulong smh_fit_read(struct spl_load_info *load, ulong file_offset,
>> ulong size, void *buf)
>> {
>> long fd = *(long *)load->priv;
>> - ulong ret;
>> + long ret;
>> + size_t bytes_read;
>>
>> if (smh_seek(fd, file_offset))
>> return 0;
>>
>> - ret = smh_read(fd, buf, size);
>> - return ret < 0 ? 0 : ret;
>> + ret = smh_read(fd, buf, size, &bytes_read);
>> + return ret < 0 ? 0 : bytes_read;
>> }
>>
>> static int spl_smh_load_image(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
>> @@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ static int spl_smh_load_image(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
>> {
>> const char *filename = CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME;
>> int ret;
>> - long fd, len;
>> + long fd;
>> + size_t len;
>> struct spl_load_info load;
>>
>> fd = smh_open(filename, MODE_READ | MODE_BINARY);
>> @@ -36,12 +38,11 @@ static int spl_smh_load_image(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
>> return fd;
>> }
>>
>> - ret = smh_flen(fd);
>> + ret = smh_flen(fd, &len);
>> if (ret < 0) {
>> log_debug("could not get length of image: %d\n", ret);
>> goto out;
>> }
>> - len = ret;
>>
>> spl_load_init(&load, smh_fit_read, &fd, 1);
>> ret = spl_load(spl_image, bootdev, &load, len, 0);
>> diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_semihosting.c b/drivers/serial/serial_semihosting.c
>> index 56a5ec72428afdd97eccad739a46189380ba3e76..017b1f8eda84f5c25e09be7e970d0ebfdbf2ace0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/serial/serial_semihosting.c
>> +++ b/drivers/serial/serial_semihosting.c
>> @@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ static int smh_serial_getc(struct udevice *dev)
>> {
>> char ch = 0;
>> struct smh_serial_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
>> + size_t bytes_read;
>>
>> if (priv->infd < 0)
>> return smh_getc();
>>
>> - smh_read(priv->infd, &ch, sizeof(ch));
>> + smh_read(priv->infd, &ch, sizeof(ch), &bytes_read);
>> return ch;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -140,11 +141,12 @@ static void smh_serial_setbrg(void)
>> static int smh_serial_getc(void)
>> {
>> char ch = 0;
>> + size_t bytes_read;
>>
>> if (infd < 0)
>> return smh_getc();
>>
>> - smh_read(infd, &ch, sizeof(ch));
>> + smh_read(infd, &ch, sizeof(ch), &bytes_read);
>> return ch;
>> }
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/semihostingfs.c b/fs/semihostingfs.c
>> index 77e39ca407e4d240a1fd573497c5b6b908816454..71b6634b0660e32cc63f7fc60ec1af8d3248433a 100644
>> --- a/fs/semihostingfs.c
>> +++ b/fs/semihostingfs.c
>> @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ int smh_fs_set_blk_dev(struct blk_desc *rbdd, struct disk_partition *info)
>> static int smh_fs_read_at(const char *filename, loff_t pos, void *buffer,
>> loff_t maxsize, loff_t *actread)
>> {
>> - long fd, size, ret;
>> + long fd, ret;
>> + size_t size;
>>
>> fd = smh_open(filename, MODE_READ | MODE_BINARY);
>> if (fd < 0)
>> @@ -34,19 +35,19 @@ static int smh_fs_read_at(const char *filename, loff_t pos, void *buffer,
>> return ret;
>> }
>> if (!maxsize) {
>> - size = smh_flen(fd);
>> + ret = smh_flen(fd, &size);
>> if (ret < 0) {
>> smh_close(fd);
>> - return size;
>> + return ret;
>> }
>>
>> maxsize = size;
>> }
>>
>> - size = smh_read(fd, buffer, maxsize);
>> + ret = smh_read(fd, buffer, maxsize, &size);
>> smh_close(fd);
>> - if (size < 0)
>> - return size;
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>>
>> *actread = size;
>> return 0;
>> diff --git a/include/semihosting.h b/include/semihosting.h
>> index 4e844cbad87bb1ae6bb365f87f3e7a8aeea445f4..60535199b9532ce16620aea3ca1ea741c5b73766 100644
>> --- a/include/semihosting.h
>> +++ b/include/semihosting.h
>> @@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ long smh_open(const char *fname, enum smh_open_mode mode);
>> * @fd: A file descriptor returned from smh_open()
>> * @memp: Pointer to a buffer of memory of at least @len bytes
>> * @len: The number of bytes to read
>> + * @read_len: Pointer which will be updated with actual bytes read on success,
>> + * with 0 indicating %EOF
>> *
>> - * Return:
>> - * * The number of bytes read on success, with 0 indicating %EOF
>> - * * A negative error on failure
>> + * Return: 0 on success or negative error on failure
>> */
>> -long smh_read(long fd, void *memp, size_t len);
>> +long smh_read(long fd, void *memp, size_t len, size_t *read_len);
>>
>> /**
>> * smh_write() - Write data to a file
>> @@ -124,10 +124,11 @@ long smh_close(long fd);
>> /**
>> * smh_flen() - Get the length of a file
>> * @fd: A file descriptor returned from smh_open()
>> + * @size: Pointer which will be updated with length of file on success
>> *
>> - * Return: The length of the file, in bytes, or a negative error on failure
>> + * Return: 0 on success or negative error on failure
>> */
>> -long smh_flen(long fd);
>> +int smh_flen(long fd, size_t *size);
>>
>> /**
>> * smh_seek() - Seek to a position in a file
>> diff --git a/lib/semihosting.c b/lib/semihosting.c
>> index 9be5bffd30124777c4f8110065e6cca5640312ac..a0f42d41e4a7ad95023c684f6824bfc677ad25cd 100644
>> --- a/lib/semihosting.c
>> +++ b/lib/semihosting.c
>> @@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ struct smh_rdwr_s {
>> size_t len;
>> };
>>
>> -long smh_read(long fd, void *memp, size_t len)
>> +long smh_read(long fd, void *memp, size_t len, size_t *read_len)
>> {
>> - long ret;
>> + size_t ret;
>> struct smh_rdwr_s read;
>>
>> debug("%s: fd %ld, memp %p, len %zu\n", __func__, fd, memp, len);
>> @@ -105,9 +105,20 @@ long smh_read(long fd, void *memp, size_t len)
>> read.len = len;
>>
>> ret = smh_trap(SYSREAD, &read);
>> - if (ret < 0)
>> + if (!ret) {
>> + /* Success */
>> + *read_len = len;
>> + return 0;
>> + } else if (ret == len) {
>> + /* EOF */
>> + *read_len = 0;
>> + return 0;
>> + } else {
>> + /* Partial success */
>> + *read_len = len - ret;
>> return smh_errno();
>> - return len - ret;
>> + }
>> +
>> }
>>
>> long smh_write(long fd, const void *memp, size_t len, ulong *written)
>> @@ -140,7 +151,7 @@ long smh_close(long fd)
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> -long smh_flen(long fd)
>> +int smh_flen(long fd, size_t *size)
>> {
>> long ret;
>>
>> @@ -149,7 +160,9 @@ long smh_flen(long fd)
>> ret = smh_trap(SYSFLEN, &fd);
>> if (ret == -1)
>> return smh_errno();
>> - return ret;
>> +
>> + *size = (size_t)ret;
>> + return 0;
>
> This is completely wrong. long is 32-bits on 32-bit systems, so you
> cannot get the upper 64 bits just by casting to a size_t.
>
> --Sean
FWIW I was not attempting to get to 64 bits in a 32 bit system. long is
31 bits plus a sign bit. All I was attempting was to get to 32 bits.
Andrew
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