[PATCH v2] image-fit: Limit recursion depth in fdt_check_no_at()
Anton Ivanov
anton at binarly.io
Tue May 26 12:56:26 CEST 2026
From: Binarly Vulnerability Research <vr at binarly.io>
fdt_check_no_at() recurses into every subnode without a depth
limit. A deeply nested FIT image can exhaust the stack and crash
U-Boot.
Add a depth check using FDT_MAX_DEPTH to bound the recursion.
Signed-off-by: Binarly Vulnerability Research <vr at binarly.io>
---
Changes in v2:
- Rewrite commit message to be concise per maintainer feedback
boot/image-fit.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/boot/image-fit.c b/boot/image-fit.c
index b0fcaf6e17f..0e225ecd0c2 100644
--- a/boot/image-fit.c
+++ b/boot/image-fit.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
#include <bootm.h>
#include <image.h>
#include <bootstage.h>
+#include <fdt_region.h>
#include <upl.h>
#include <u-boot/crc.h>
@@ -1643,20 +1644,24 @@ int fit_image_check_comp(const void *fit, int noffset, uint8_t comp)
*
* @fit: FIT to check
* @parent: Parent node to check
- * Return: 0 if OK, -EADDRNOTAVAIL is a node has a name containing '@'
+ * @depth: Current recursion depth
+ * Return: 0 if OK, or error value
*/
-static int fdt_check_no_at(const void *fit, int parent)
+static int fdt_check_no_at(const void *fit, int parent, int depth)
{
const char *name;
int node;
int ret;
+ if (depth >= FDT_MAX_DEPTH)
+ return -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE;
+
name = fdt_get_name(fit, parent, NULL);
if (!name || strchr(name, '@'))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
fdt_for_each_subnode(node, fit, parent) {
- ret = fdt_check_no_at(fit, node);
+ ret = fdt_check_no_at(fit, node, depth + 1);
if (ret)
return ret;
}
@@ -1696,7 +1701,7 @@ int fit_check_format(const void *fit, ulong size)
* attached. Protect against this by disallowing unit addresses.
*/
if (!ret && CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(FIT_SIGNATURE)) {
- ret = fdt_check_no_at(fit, 0);
+ ret = fdt_check_no_at(fit, 0, 0);
if (ret) {
log_debug("FIT check error %d\n", ret);
--
2.53.0
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