[PATCH v1 2/2] test/py: cover get_basename crash on paths with dotted directories
Quentin Schulz
quentin.schulz at cherry.de
Thu May 21 11:10:03 CEST 2026
Hi Aristo,
On 5/21/26 4:35 AM, Aristo Chen wrote:
> Add a parametrized regression test for the fix in the previous commit.
> The test invokes mkimage in auto-FIT mode (-f auto) with a -b argument
> whose directory component contains a '.' and whose leaf either lacks an
> extension or is a plain identifier. Before the fix these inputs caused
> get_basename() to compute a negative length and segfault inside memcpy.
> The test asserts that mkimage exits successfully and that the fdt
> sub-image description matches the expected stripped basename, covering
> "./mydt", "./sub.d/leaf", and "./a.b/c". A control input of "./mydt.dtb"
> is also exercised to confirm normal extension stripping still works.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aristo Chen <aristo.chen at canonical.com>
> ---
> test/py/tests/test_fit_mkimage_validate.py | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_fit_mkimage_validate.py b/test/py/tests/test_fit_mkimage_validate.py
> index 170b2a8cbbb..0a1cc5963a6 100644
> --- a/test/py/tests/test_fit_mkimage_validate.py
> +++ b/test/py/tests/test_fit_mkimage_validate.py
> @@ -103,3 +103,58 @@ def test_fit_invalid_default_config(ubman):
>
> assert result.returncode != 0, "mkimage should fail due to missing default config"
> assert re.search(r"Default configuration '.*' not found under /configurations", result.stderr)
> +
> + at pytest.mark.boardspec('sandbox')
> + at pytest.mark.requiredtool('dtc')
> + at pytest.mark.parametrize('dtb_relpath,expected_desc', [
> + # Crash triggers: last '.' precedes last '/', or leaf has no extension.
> + ('./mydt', 'mydt'),
> + ('./sub.d/leaf', 'leaf'),
> + ('./a.b/c', 'c'),
> + # Control case: extension lives in the leaf, no dotted directory.
> + ('./mydt.dtb', 'mydt'),
> +])
> +def test_fit_auto_basename_dotted_directory(ubman, dtb_relpath, expected_desc):
> + """Regression test: mkimage -f auto must not crash when a -b path has a
> + '.' in its directory portion.
> +
> + Before the fix, get_basename() in tools/fit_image.c searched the whole
> + path for both the last '/' and the last '.'. When the '.' fell before
> + the '/', the computed length went negative and was passed unchanged to
> + memcpy(), which segfaulted. This test exercises three crashing paths
> + plus one control input.
> + """
> + build_dir = ubman.config.build_dir
> + kernel = fit_util.make_kernel(ubman, 'kernel.bin', 'kernel')
> + itb_fname = fit_util.make_fname(ubman, 'auto_basename.itb')
> +
> + # Materialize the dtb at the requested relative path inside build_dir.
> + dtb_abs = os.path.join(build_dir, dtb_relpath)
> + os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dtb_abs), exist_ok=True)
> + with open(dtb_abs, 'wb') as f:
> + f.write(b'dummy')
> +
> + mkimage = os.path.join(build_dir, 'tools/mkimage')
> + cmd = [mkimage, '-f', 'auto',
> + '-A', 'arm', '-O', 'linux', '-T', 'kernel', '-C', 'none',
> + '-a', '0x80000000', '-e', '0x80000000', '-n', 'test',
> + '-d', kernel,
> + '-b', dtb_relpath,
> + itb_fname]
> + # Run with cwd=build_dir so the relative path resolves the same way
> + # the bug originally reproduced.
> + result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True,
> + cwd=build_dir)
Considering we set cwd to build_dir, can't we simply use ./tools/mkimage
instead of prepending build_dir to it? It's unclear to me if it's an
absolute path, but I'm assuming it is otherwise the test wouldn't run.
> +
> + assert result.returncode == 0, (
> + f"mkimage crashed or failed on -b {dtb_relpath!r}: "
> + f"rc={result.returncode}\nstdout:\n{result.stdout}\n"
> + f"stderr:\n{result.stderr}"
> + )
> + # The fdt sub-image description is set from get_basename(); confirm it
> + # matches the expected stripped basename.
> + assert re.search(rf"Image 1 \(fdt-1\)\s+Description:\s+{re.escape(expected_desc)}\b",
> + result.stdout), (
> + f"Expected fdt-1 description {expected_desc!r} in mkimage output, "
> + f"got:\n{result.stdout}"
> + )
I can't help but wonder if we shouldn't make this less dependent on
mkimage's console output (and thus requiring a regex). FIT data
structure is simply a device tree so why not parse it to look for the
description property of the /images/fdt-1 node?
What do you think?
Looks good to me otherwise.
Cheers,
Quentin
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