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From: "Leif Lindholm" <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
To: Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
Cc: devel@edk2.groups.io, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, philmd@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/1] Platform/RPi: Prevent buffer over-read when the command line is empty
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 16:21:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191107162130.GQ16820@bivouac.eciton.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191104160617.11036-1-pete@akeo.ie>

Patch looks good, but the term "command line" is a bit confusing.

I assume we're talking about whatever way parameters are passed from
pre-edk2 firmware to edk2, right? Is there a more precise term for
this?

/
    Leif

On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 04:06:17PM +0000, Pete Batard wrote:
> From: Andrei Warkentin <andrey.warkentin@gmail.com>
> 
> It is possible for the command line to be empty
> (Cmd->TagHead.TagValueSize = 0), in which case the code should not
> attempt to read the value at CommandLine[-1].
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
> ---
>  Platform/RaspberryPi/Drivers/RpiFirmwareDxe/RpiFirmwareDxe.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Platform/RaspberryPi/Drivers/RpiFirmwareDxe/RpiFirmwareDxe.c b/Platform/RaspberryPi/Drivers/RpiFirmwareDxe/RpiFirmwareDxe.c
> index 5a9d4c3f1787..9b4aa068857c 100644
> --- a/Platform/RaspberryPi/Drivers/RpiFirmwareDxe/RpiFirmwareDxe.c
> +++ b/Platform/RaspberryPi/Drivers/RpiFirmwareDxe/RpiFirmwareDxe.c
> @@ -927,7 +927,8 @@ RpiFirmwareGetCommmandLine (
>  
>    CopyMem (CommandLine, Cmd->CommandLine, Cmd->TagHead.TagValueSize);
>  
> -  if (CommandLine[Cmd->TagHead.TagValueSize - 1] != '\0') {
> +  if (Cmd->TagHead.TagValueSize == 0 ||
> +      CommandLine[Cmd->TagHead.TagValueSize - 1] != '\0') {
>      //
>      // Add a NUL terminator if required.
>      //
> -- 
> 2.21.0.windows.1
> 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-11-07 16:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-04 16:06 [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/1] Platform/RPi: Prevent buffer over-read when the command line is empty Pete Batard
2019-11-04 16:27 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2019-11-07 16:21 ` Leif Lindholm [this message]
2019-11-07 17:05   ` Pete Batard
2019-11-07 17:27     ` Leif Lindholm
2019-11-07 17:35       ` Pete Batard
2019-11-07 18:09         ` Leif Lindholm

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