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| author | Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org> | 2026-03-19 08:43:05 +0900 |
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| committer | Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> | 2026-03-19 08:43:05 +0900 |
| commit | bb288d7d869e86d382f35a0e26242c5ccb05ca82 (patch) | |
| tree | ec61a86fb42565aeca7f2e3aab734b2ad3544456 | |
| parent | f338e77383789c0cae23ca3d48adcc5e9e137e3c (diff) | |
lib/bootconfig: check xbc_init_node() return in override path
The ':=' override path in xbc_parse_kv() calls xbc_init_node() to
re-initialize an existing value node but does not check the return
value. If xbc_init_node() fails (data offset out of range), parsing
silently continues with stale node data.
Add the missing error check to match the xbc_add_node() call path
which already checks for failure.
In practice, a bootconfig using ':=' to override a value near the
32KB data limit could silently retain the old value, meaning a
security-relevant boot parameter override (e.g., a trace filter or
debug setting) would not take effect as intended.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260318155847.78065-2-objecting@objecting.org/
Fixes: e5efaeb8a8f5 ("bootconfig: Support mixing a value and subkeys under a key")
Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/bootconfig.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c index 2da049216fe0..e88d0221a826 100644 --- a/lib/bootconfig.c +++ b/lib/bootconfig.c @@ -723,7 +723,8 @@ static int __init xbc_parse_kv(char **k, char *v, int op) if (op == ':') { unsigned short nidx = child->next; - xbc_init_node(child, v, XBC_VALUE); + if (xbc_init_node(child, v, XBC_VALUE) < 0) + return xbc_parse_error("Failed to override value", v); child->next = nidx; /* keep subkeys */ goto array; } |