tools/bootconfig: Fix integer overflow and truncation in size checks

Sashiko reported that on 32-bit systems, if an attacker crafts size in
the bootconfig footer such that adding BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE wraps around
(for instance, if size is 0xFFFFFFFF), the size check in
load_xbc_from_initrd() can be bypassed:

    if (stat.st_size < size + BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE) {
        pr_err("bootconfig size is too big\n");
        return -E2BIG;
    }

Furthermore, on 64-bit systems with an initrd > 4.29 GB, comparing a
corrupted 32-bit size (e.g. 0xFFFFFFFF) against
stat.st_size - BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE can also bypass the check if
size is not bounded. Similarly, load_xbc_file() passes 64-bit stat.st_size
directly into the 32-bit int size parameter of load_xbc_fd(), truncating
large standalone files (>= 2GB).

In both cases, passing 0xFFFFFFFF to load_xbc_fd() truncates to -1,
resulting in malloc(0), an integer overflow in read(), and an
out-of-bounds null-byte write.

Fix this by:
1. Rejecting size > XBC_DATA_MAX or
   size > stat.st_size - BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE in load_xbc_from_initrd().
2. Rejecting stat.st_size > XBC_DATA_MAX in load_xbc_file() before passing
   it to load_xbc_fd().
3. Checking size < 0 || size > XBC_DATA_MAX defensively in load_xbc_fd().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178905332413.213925.3179977110281463499.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: 950313ebf7 ("tools: bootconfig: Add bootconfig command")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260909161113.16C691F00A3A@smtp.kernel.org/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260910010137.EE0431F000FF@smtp.kernel.org/
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.8-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-11 23:05:38 +09:00
parent df2908090c
commit 462d0b066b
+12 -1
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@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ static int load_xbc_fd(int fd, char **buf, int size)
{
int ret;
if (size < 0 || size > XBC_DATA_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
*buf = malloc(size + 1);
if (!*buf)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -168,6 +171,13 @@ static int load_xbc_file(const char *path, char **buf)
return ret;
}
if (stat.st_size > XBC_DATA_MAX) {
pr_err("%s size is too big\n", path);
ret = -E2BIG;
close(fd);
return ret;
}
ret = load_xbc_fd(fd, buf, stat.st_size);
close(fd);
@@ -218,7 +228,8 @@ static int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
csum = le32toh(csum);
/* Wrong size error */
if (stat.st_size < size + BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE) {
if (size > XBC_DATA_MAX ||
size > stat.st_size - BOOTCONFIG_FOOTER_SIZE) {
pr_err("bootconfig size is too big\n");
return -E2BIG;
}