[PATCH v1 1/2] bootm: fix overflow of the noload kernel decompression buffer
Aristo Chen
aristo.chen at canonical.com
Wed May 20 06:45:50 CEST 2026
For a compressed kernel_noload image, bootm_load_os() allocates a
decompression buffer sized to ALIGN(image_len * 4, SZ_1M), assuming the
kernel compresses by no more than a factor of four. It then passes
CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN, rather than the size of that buffer, to
image_decomp() as the output limit. The decompressors honour the limit
they are given, so a kernel that decompresses to more than four times
its compressed size is written past the end of the allocated buffer and
corrupts adjacent memory.
Pass the allocation size to image_decomp() and handle_decomp_error() so
decompression stops at the buffer boundary and fails cleanly when the
image is too large, instead of overflowing. The regular non-noload
paths are unchanged and continue to use CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN.
Fixes: 69544c4fd8b1 ("bootm: Support kernel_noload with compression")
Signed-off-by: Aristo Chen <aristo.chen at canonical.com>
---
boot/bootm.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/boot/bootm.c b/boot/bootm.c
index 4836d6b2d41..98226b208ee 100644
--- a/boot/bootm.c
+++ b/boot/bootm.c
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ static int bootm_load_os(struct bootm_headers *images, int boot_progress)
ulong blob_end = os.end;
ulong image_start = os.image_start;
ulong image_len = os.image_len;
+ ulong decomp_len = CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN;
ulong flush_start = ALIGN_DOWN(load, ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN);
bool no_overlap;
void *load_buf, *image_buf;
@@ -623,11 +624,11 @@ static int bootm_load_os(struct bootm_headers *images, int boot_progress)
* Use an alignment of 2MB since this might help arm64
*/
if (os.type == IH_TYPE_KERNEL_NOLOAD && os.comp != IH_COMP_NONE) {
- ulong req_size = ALIGN(image_len * 4, SZ_1M);
phys_addr_t addr;
+ decomp_len = ALIGN(image_len * 4, SZ_1M);
err = lmb_alloc_mem(LMB_MEM_ALLOC_ANY, SZ_2M, &addr,
- req_size, LMB_NONE);
+ decomp_len, LMB_NONE);
if (err)
return 1;
@@ -635,17 +636,17 @@ static int bootm_load_os(struct bootm_headers *images, int boot_progress)
images->os.load = (ulong)addr;
images->ep = (ulong)addr;
debug("Allocated %lx bytes at %lx for kernel (size %lx) decompression\n",
- req_size, load, image_len);
+ decomp_len, load, image_len);
}
load_buf = map_sysmem(load, 0);
image_buf = map_sysmem(os.image_start, image_len);
err = image_decomp(os.comp, load, os.image_start, os.type,
load_buf, image_buf, image_len,
- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN, &load_end);
+ decomp_len, &load_end);
if (err) {
err = handle_decomp_error(os.comp, load_end - load,
- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN, err);
+ decomp_len, err);
bootstage_error(BOOTSTAGE_ID_DECOMP_IMAGE);
return err;
}
--
2.43.0
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