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From: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com>
To: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jorge.lopez2@hp.com, hansg@kernel.org,
	ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com, linux@weissschuh.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix multiple memory safety bugs and parsing errors
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:18:20 +0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812111829.172273-1-meatuni001@gmail.com> (raw)

This series fixes several bugs in the hp-bioscfg driver:

1. Memory safety issues (patches 1-6):
   - Off-by-one NUL terminator write in hp_get_string_from_buffer()
   - Heap OOB read in sk_store()/kek_store() when passing original
     count instead of trimmed length to hp_wmi_perform_query()
   - Heap OOB read on empty password write in validate_password_input()
   - 16-byte heap overflow in hp_calculate_security_buffer() for empty
     authentication tokens
   - Off-by-one heap OOB write in audit_log_entries_show() when more
     than 256 log entries are reported
   - Missing bounds check in the PSWD_ENCODINGS parsing loop

2. Logic bugs (patches 7-8):
   - new_password_store() incorrectly passing is_current=true, causing
     writes to land in current_password instead
   - ORD_LIST_ELEMENTS case using a stale NULL str_value pointer
     instead of converting the current ACPI element directly

3. ACPI package element index tracking (patch 9):
   - Five attribute-type parsers (enum, int, string, order-list,
     passwd) all share the same defect: multi-element array cases
     consume "size" consecutive elements but the outer loop only
     advances by one, causing the next iteration to misread a
     leftover array entry as the next property and abort with -EIO

Tested on HP EliteBook 840 G2 (BIOS M71 Ver. 01.31), kernel 7.2.0-rc5+,
with CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC=y and CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y.

This series applies on top of:
  commit ea4d8f8ba283 ("platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix
  slab-out-of-bounds write in hp_convert_hexstr_to_str")

Changes in v2:
  - Squash patches 9-13 from v1 into a single patch (now patch 9),
    as the fix is identical across all five attribute-type parsers.
    Requested by Ilpo Järvinen.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260803143037.93105-1-meatuni001@gmail.com/

Muhammad Bilal (9):
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix off-by-one write in
    hp_get_string_from_buffer
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB read in sk_store and kek_store
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB read on empty password write
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix 16-byte heap overflow for empty auth
    token
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix off-by-one heap OOB write in
    audit_log_entries_show
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: add missing bounds check in PSWD_ENCODINGS
    loop
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix new_password_store overwriting
    current_password
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix ORD_LIST_ELEMENTS never being parsed
  platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: advance elem past consumed array elements

 drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c        |  2 +-
 .../platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/enum-attributes.c    |  4 ++++
 drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/int-attributes.c |  2 ++
 .../x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c       |  6 +++++-
 .../x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c        | 13 +++++++++++--
 .../platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/spmobj-attributes.c  |  6 +++---
 .../platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/string-attributes.c  |  2 ++
 .../x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/surestart-attributes.c        |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

-- 
2.55.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-12 11:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-12 11:18 Muhammad Bilal [this message]
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix off-by-one write in hp_get_string_from_buffer Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB read in sk_store and kek_store Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB read on empty password write Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix 16-byte heap overflow for empty auth token Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-18 12:05   ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix off-by-one heap OOB write in audit_log_entries_show Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-18 11:52   ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: add missing bounds check in PSWD_ENCODINGS loop Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix new_password_store overwriting current_password Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix ORD_LIST_ELEMENTS never being parsed Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-12 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: advance elem past consumed array elements Muhammad Bilal
2026-08-18 12:08 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix multiple memory safety bugs and parsing errors Ilpo Järvinen
2026-08-18 19:16   ` Muhammad Bilal

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