Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Muhammad Bilal <> | | Subject | [PATCH v3 1/4] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: pass validated element count to package parsers | | Date | Wed, 8 Jul 2026 01:21:08 +0500 |
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The per-type package parsers are handed the wrong element count.
hp_init_bios_package_attribute() validates obj->package.count and then calls one of the five hp_populate_*_package_data() wrappers (string, integer, enumeration, ordered list, password). Each wrapper forwards a count to its hp_populate_*_elements_from_package() parser, but instead of forwarding the validated obj->package.count it derives the count from elements[0]. elements[0] is the NAME field and is always an ACPI_TYPE_STRING, so reading ->package.count from it in fact reads ->string.length through the union acpi_object. The parsers thus bound themselves against the length of the name string rather than against the real number of elements in the package.
This is safe today because hp_init_bios_package_attribute() refuses any package that has fewer than the type's element count, so a parser only ever runs on a full package and never reads past it regardless of the bogus bound.
A later patch relaxes that check to accept shorter packages. Once a parser can receive fewer elements than its per-type count, a bound taken from the name length no longer reflects the array size, and the "elem < count" loop conditions and "elem + n >= count" sub-loop guards read past the end of elements[] - an out-of-bounds heap read.
Forward the validated obj->package.count to every *_package_data() wrapper so the parsers bound themselves against the real package size. This does not change behaviour for the packages that enumerate correctly today and is a prerequisite for accepting shorter packages safely.
Fixes: a34fc329b189 ("platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: bioscfg") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com> --- drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c | 5 +++++ drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.h | 5 +++++ drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/enum-attributes.c | 3 ++- drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/int-attributes.c | 3 ++- drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c | 5 +++-- drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c | 5 +++-- drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/string-attributes.c | 3 ++- 7 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c index 27fd6cd215290..768330d291da8 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c @@ -731,26 +731,31 @@ static int hp_init_bios_package_attribute(enum hp_wmi_data_type attr_type, switch (attr_type) { case HPWMI_STRING_TYPE: ret = hp_populate_string_package_data(elements, + obj->package.count, instance_id, attr_name_kobj); break; case HPWMI_INTEGER_TYPE: ret = hp_populate_integer_package_data(elements, + obj->package.count, instance_id, attr_name_kobj); break; case HPWMI_ENUMERATION_TYPE: ret = hp_populate_enumeration_package_data(elements, + obj->package.count, instance_id, attr_name_kobj); break; case HPWMI_ORDERED_LIST_TYPE: ret = hp_populate_ordered_list_package_data(elements, + obj->package.count, instance_id, attr_name_kobj); break; case HPWMI_PASSWORD_TYPE: ret = hp_populate_password_package_data(elements, + obj->package.count, instance_id, attr_name_kobj); break; diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.h b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.h index f1eec0e4ba075..416d7e7aaaae3 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.h +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.h @@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ int hp_populate_string_buffer_data(u8 *buffer_ptr, u32 *buffer_size, int hp_alloc_string_data(void); void hp_exit_string_attributes(void); int hp_populate_string_package_data(union acpi_object *str_obj, + int str_obj_count, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj); @@ -411,6 +412,7 @@ int hp_populate_integer_buffer_data(u8 *buffer_ptr, u32 *buffer_size, int hp_alloc_integer_data(void); void hp_exit_integer_attributes(void); int hp_populate_integer_package_data(union acpi_object *integer_obj, + int integer_obj_count, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj); @@ -421,6 +423,7 @@ int hp_populate_enumeration_buffer_data(u8 *buffer_ptr, u32 *buffer_size, int hp_alloc_enumeration_data(void); void hp_exit_enumeration_attributes(void); int hp_populate_enumeration_package_data(union acpi_object *enum_obj, + int enum_obj_count, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj); @@ -432,6 +435,7 @@ int hp_populate_ordered_list_buffer_data(u8 *buffer_ptr, int hp_alloc_ordered_list_data(void); void hp_exit_ordered_list_attributes(void); int hp_populate_ordered_list_package_data(union acpi_object *order_obj, + int order_obj_count, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj); @@ -440,6 +444,7 @@ int hp_populate_password_buffer_data(u8 *buffer_ptr, u32 *buffer_size, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj); int hp_populate_password_package_data(union acpi_object *password_obj, + int password_obj_count, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj); int hp_alloc_password_data(void); diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/enum-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/enum-attributes.c index af4d1920d4880..3aa2c440e0528 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/enum-attributes.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/enum-attributes.c @@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ static int hp_populate_enumeration_elements_from_package(union acpi_object *enum * @attr_name_kobj: The parent kernel object */ int hp_populate_enumeration_package_data(union acpi_object *enum_obj, + int enum_obj_count, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj) { @@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ int hp_populate_enumeration_package_data(union acpi_object *enum_obj, enum_data->attr_name_kobj = attr_name_kobj; hp_populate_enumeration_elements_from_package(enum_obj, - enum_obj->package.count, + enum_obj_count, instance_id); hp_update_attribute_permissions(enum_data->common.is_readonly, &enumeration_current_val); diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/int-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/int-attributes.c index d96e160953e39..107e4cf1efb8a 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/int-attributes.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/int-attributes.c @@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ static int hp_populate_integer_elements_from_package(union acpi_object *integer_ * @attr_name_kobj: The parent kernel object */ int hp_populate_integer_package_data(union acpi_object *integer_obj, + int integer_obj_count, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj) { @@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ int hp_populate_integer_package_data(union acpi_object *integer_obj, integer_data->attr_name_kobj = attr_name_kobj; hp_populate_integer_elements_from_package(integer_obj, - integer_obj->package.count, + integer_obj_count, instance_id); hp_update_attribute_permissions(integer_data->common.is_readonly, &integer_current_val); diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c index f09489a085c86..83ddf99f93954 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c @@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ static int hp_populate_ordered_list_elements_from_package(union acpi_object *ord * @instance_id: The instance to enumerate * @attr_name_kobj: The parent kernel object */ -int hp_populate_ordered_list_package_data(union acpi_object *order_obj, int instance_id, +int hp_populate_ordered_list_package_data(union acpi_object *order_obj, int order_obj_count, + int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj) { struct ordered_list_data *ordered_list_data = &bioscfg_drv.ordered_list_data[instance_id]; @@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ int hp_populate_ordered_list_package_data(union acpi_object *order_obj, int inst ordered_list_data->attr_name_kobj = attr_name_kobj; hp_populate_ordered_list_elements_from_package(order_obj, - order_obj->package.count, + order_obj_count, instance_id); hp_update_attribute_permissions(ordered_list_data->common.is_readonly, &ordered_list_current_val); diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c index 4d79eb8056a5d..89316d90454d2 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c @@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ static int hp_populate_password_elements_from_package(union acpi_object *passwor * @instance_id: The instance to enumerate * @attr_name_kobj: The parent kernel object */ -int hp_populate_password_package_data(union acpi_object *password_obj, int instance_id, +int hp_populate_password_package_data(union acpi_object *password_obj, int password_obj_count, + int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj) { struct password_data *password_data = &bioscfg_drv.password_data[instance_id]; @@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ int hp_populate_password_package_data(union acpi_object *password_obj, int insta password_data->attr_name_kobj = attr_name_kobj; hp_populate_password_elements_from_package(password_obj, - password_obj->package.count, + password_obj_count, instance_id); hp_friendly_user_name_update(password_data->common.path, diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/string-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/string-attributes.c index fe5a9a3a4ef17..da5e81f1d188f 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/string-attributes.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/string-attributes.c @@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ static int hp_populate_string_elements_from_package(union acpi_object *string_ob * @attr_name_kobj: The parent kernel object */ int hp_populate_string_package_data(union acpi_object *string_obj, + int string_obj_count, int instance_id, struct kobject *attr_name_kobj) { @@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ int hp_populate_string_package_data(union acpi_object *string_obj, string_data->attr_name_kobj = attr_name_kobj; hp_populate_string_elements_from_package(string_obj, - string_obj->package.count, + string_obj_count, instance_id); hp_update_attribute_permissions(string_data->common.is_readonly, -- 2.55.0
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