From: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com>
To: "Jorge Lopez" <jorge.lopez2@hp.com>,
"Hans de Goede" <hansg@kernel.org>,
"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Andy Shevchenko" <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
"Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Muhammad Bilal" <meatuni001@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 5/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix off-by-one in password length check
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 18:47:07 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261007134711.473857-6-meatuni001@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261007134711.473857-1-meatuni001@gmail.com>
current_password and new_password hold MAX_PASSWD_SIZE bytes including
the NUL, but validate_password_input() accepts a password of exactly
MAX_PASSWD_SIZE characters when the firmware limits allow it.
strscpy() then truncates it and fails with -E2BIG, which
store_password_instance() ignores, so the write reports success with a
truncated password stored.
For example, with a max_password_length of 64 or more, writing 64
characters succeeds but only 63 are stored.
Reject lengths of MAX_PASSWD_SIZE or more.
Compile tested only.
Fixes: 8646a3b5ee3a ("platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: passwdobj-attributes")
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v4:
drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
index 96172342d4a0..af2635e31c0b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int validate_password_input(int instance_id, const char *buf,
if (is_current && !length)
return 0;
- if (length > MAX_PASSWD_SIZE)
+ if (length >= MAX_PASSWD_SIZE)
return -E2BIG;
if (password_data->min_password_length > length ||
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-07 13:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-07 13:47 [PATCH v5 0/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: buffer handling fixes Muhammad Bilal
2026-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH v5 1/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix OOB reads in hp_get_string_from_buffer() Muhammad Bilal
2026-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH v5 2/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix non-ASCII truncation " Muhammad Bilal
2026-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH v5 3/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: return -E2BIG from validate_password_input() Muhammad Bilal
2026-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH v5 4/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: allow clearing current_password Muhammad Bilal
2026-10-07 13:47 ` Muhammad Bilal [this message]
2026-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH v5 6/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB in hp_enforce_single_line_input() Muhammad Bilal
2026-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH v5 7/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: validate SPM state returned by firmware Muhammad Bilal
2026-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH v5 8/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: NUL-terminate the SPM auth token Muhammad Bilal
2026-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH v5 9/9] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix oops on short integer attribute buffer Muhammad Bilal
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