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
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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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