[PATCH v2] arm: mach-snapdragon: increase compat buffer size and warn on root compatible string truncation
Vivek Ray
vk092kumar at gmail.com
Wed Jun 10 15:54:40 CEST 2026
The configure_env() function copies root compatible strings into a
32-byte buffer prior to parsing. If a compatible string exceeds this
limit, strlcpy() silently truncates it, producing a malformed fdtfile
path and a silent boot failure with no indication of the root cause.
Bump buf[] to 128 bytes and dt_path[] to 256 bytes to accommodate longer
compatible strings. Also, add explicit truncation checks after both
strlcpy() calls and emit a log_warning() with the offending compatible
string to make such failures easier to diagnose.
Signed-off-by: Vivek Ray <vk092kumar at gmail.com>
---
Changes in V2:
- Bump buf[] from 32 to 128 bytes and dt_path[] from 64 to 256 (Casey Connolly)
- Fix line size check, use > not >= (Casey Connolly)
---
arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c
index 829a0109ac7..d9390d9b5d3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c
@@ -390,13 +390,14 @@ static void configure_env(void)
{
const char *first_compat, *last_compat;
char *tmp;
- char buf[32] = { 0 };
+ char buf[128] = { 0 };
+ int len = 0;
/*
* Most DTB filenames follow the scheme: qcom/<soc>-[vendor]-<board>.dtb
* The vendor is skipped when it's a Qualcomm reference board, or the
* db845c.
*/
- char dt_path[64] = { 0 };
+ char dt_path[256] = { 0 };
int compat_count, ret;
ofnode root;
@@ -417,7 +418,11 @@ static void configure_env(void)
return;
}
- strlcpy(buf, first_compat, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+ /* A safety check to avoid silent failure due to name truncation */
+ len = strlcpy(buf, first_compat, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+ if (len > sizeof(buf) - 1)
+ log_warning("compatible '%s' got truncated, fdtfile name too long\n",
+ first_compat);
tmp = buf;
/* The Qualcomm reference boards (RBx, HDK, etc) */
@@ -468,7 +473,12 @@ static void configure_env(void)
/* Copy the last compat (e.g. "qcom,sdm845") into buf */
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
- strlcpy(buf, last_compat, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+
+ /* check for name truncation */
+ len = strlcpy(buf, last_compat, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+ if (len > sizeof(buf) - 1)
+ log_warning("compatible '%s' got truncated, fdtfile name too long\n",
+ last_compat);
tmp = buf;
/* strsep() is destructive, it replaces the comma with a \0 */
--
2.34.1
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