* [PATCH 0/2] ubi: Check two values read from the media at attach time
@ 2026-10-24 12:43 Alejandro Pacheco
2026-10-24 12:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] ubi: fastmap: Check the PEB numbers in the fastmap lists Alejandro Pacheco
2026-10-24 12:43 ` [PATCH 2/2] ubi: Check the data size of the last LEB of static volumes Alejandro Pacheco
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Pacheco @ 2026-10-24 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Weinberger
Cc: Zhihao Cheng, Miquel Raynal, Vignesh Raghavendra, linux-mtd,
linux-kernel
Two values that UBI reads from the media when it attaches a device are
used as an index and as a length without being checked against the
device or the volume:
- the PEB numbers of the free, used, scrub and erase lists of a
fastmap, which ubi_wl_init() uses to index ubi->lookuptbl;
- the data size of the last LEB of a static volume, which
ubi_check_volume() reads into a buffer of vol->usable_leb_size bytes
when the volume is first opened.
Patch 1 rejects a fastmap with an out-of-range PEB number, so that UBI
attaches by scanning instead; patch 2 makes check_av() reject a static
volume whose last LEB data size does not fit its usable LEB size. Both
need a crafted image: the fastmap and the VID headers carry CRCs.
Testing: UML (ARCH=um) with KASAN and KASAN_VMALLOC, a 64 MiB mtdram
device with 128 KiB eraseblocks, fastmap on, this base with and without
the series. Each boot formats the device, makes a dynamic volume and two
static volumes (the last LEB partly used and exactly full), writes them,
detaches, attaches from the fastmap UBI wrote and reads every volume
back; that passes with and without the series. It then attaches once
more with one value of the fastmap altered:
- the first PEB number of the free list set to the PEB count (512):
without the series KASAN reports a slab-out-of-bounds write in
ubi_wl_init(); with it UBI logs "bad PEB 512 in fastmap free list",
attaches by scanning, and the volumes read back;
- the last LEB data size of the static volumes set to the LEB size
+ 1024: without the series the first read of the static volume
fails the UBI assertions in ubi_eba_read_leb() and ubi_io_read() and
does not return (the boot was stopped after 15 minutes); with it the
attach fails with "bad attaching information, error 6".
The altered values were set by a test-only change in
ubi_attach_fastmap(), right after it reads them from the fastmap, not by
a crafted image. Not tested: the used, scrub and erase lists, negative
values, patch 2 on the scan path, and 32-bit kernels. W=1 builds of
drivers/mtd/ubi/ (x86_64) show no warnings with or without the series.
Alejandro Pacheco (2):
ubi: fastmap: Check the PEB numbers in the fastmap lists
ubi: Check the data size of the last LEB of static volumes
drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
base-commit: 734bef548a96e8774d6eef5dfa2026c6edc4e80b
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* [PATCH 1/2] ubi: fastmap: Check the PEB numbers in the fastmap lists
2026-10-24 12:43 [PATCH 0/2] ubi: Check two values read from the media at attach time Alejandro Pacheco
@ 2026-10-24 12:43 ` Alejandro Pacheco
2026-10-24 12:43 ` [PATCH 2/2] ubi: Check the data size of the last LEB of static volumes Alejandro Pacheco
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Pacheco @ 2026-10-24 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Weinberger
Cc: Zhihao Cheng, Miquel Raynal, Vignesh Raghavendra, linux-mtd,
linux-kernel
From: Alejandro Pacheco <ale@alepacheco.dev>
ubi_attach_fastmap() reads the free, used, scrub and erase lists of the
fastmap and adds every PEB number in them to the attach information as
it is on the media. ubi_wl_init() later uses these PEB numbers as
indexes into ubi->lookuptbl, which has ubi->peb_count entries, and the
PEBs of the used and scrub lists become the PEBs of the volumes' LEBs.
None of them is checked against the device, so a fastmap listing a PEB
number that is negative or not below ubi->peb_count makes ubi_wl_init()
write outside ubi->lookuptbl.
The PEB numbers of the two pools are not affected: scan_pool() reads
every pool PEB from the flash before using it, and the MTD layer refuses
an offset outside the device. A PEB number of an EBA table is only
accepted when it is found in the used list.
Check every PEB number of the four lists against ubi->peb_count, next to
the other sanity checks of the fastmap, and treat a fastmap with a bad
one as unusable, so that UBI attaches by scanning instead. Fastmaps
written by UBI are not affected: ubi_write_fastmap() only lists PEBs of
the device.
This needs a crafted fastmap (its data CRC catches random corruption)
on a device that UBI attaches at boot or that a user with
CAP_SYS_RESOURCE attaches.
An LLM coding assistant was used to find this bug and to write this
patch and its changelog.
Fixes: dbb7d2a88d2a ("UBI: Add fastmap core")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Pacheco <ale@alepacheco.dev>
---
drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
index 3f9fb7c181f..41ead6b4f0a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
struct ubi_fm_ec *fmec;
struct ubi_fm_volhdr *fmvhdr;
struct ubi_fm_eba *fm_eba;
- int ret, i, j, pool_size, wl_pool_size;
+ int ret, i, j, pnum, pool_size, wl_pool_size;
size_t fm_pos = 0, fm_size = ubi->fm_size;
unsigned long long max_sqnum = 0;
void *fm_raw = ubi->fm_buf;
@@ -640,8 +640,13 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
if (fm_pos >= fm_size)
goto fail_bad;
- ret = add_aeb(ai, &ai->free, be32_to_cpu(fmec->pnum),
- be32_to_cpu(fmec->ec), 0);
+ pnum = be32_to_cpu(fmec->pnum);
+ if (pnum < 0 || pnum >= ubi->peb_count) {
+ ubi_err(ubi, "bad PEB %i in fastmap free list", pnum);
+ goto fail_bad;
+ }
+
+ ret = add_aeb(ai, &ai->free, pnum, be32_to_cpu(fmec->ec), 0);
if (ret)
goto fail;
}
@@ -653,8 +658,13 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
if (fm_pos >= fm_size)
goto fail_bad;
- ret = add_aeb(ai, &used, be32_to_cpu(fmec->pnum),
- be32_to_cpu(fmec->ec), 0);
+ pnum = be32_to_cpu(fmec->pnum);
+ if (pnum < 0 || pnum >= ubi->peb_count) {
+ ubi_err(ubi, "bad PEB %i in fastmap used list", pnum);
+ goto fail_bad;
+ }
+
+ ret = add_aeb(ai, &used, pnum, be32_to_cpu(fmec->ec), 0);
if (ret)
goto fail;
}
@@ -666,8 +676,13 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
if (fm_pos >= fm_size)
goto fail_bad;
- ret = add_aeb(ai, &used, be32_to_cpu(fmec->pnum),
- be32_to_cpu(fmec->ec), 1);
+ pnum = be32_to_cpu(fmec->pnum);
+ if (pnum < 0 || pnum >= ubi->peb_count) {
+ ubi_err(ubi, "bad PEB %i in fastmap scrub list", pnum);
+ goto fail_bad;
+ }
+
+ ret = add_aeb(ai, &used, pnum, be32_to_cpu(fmec->ec), 1);
if (ret)
goto fail;
}
@@ -679,8 +694,13 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
if (fm_pos >= fm_size)
goto fail_bad;
- ret = add_aeb(ai, &ai->erase, be32_to_cpu(fmec->pnum),
- be32_to_cpu(fmec->ec), 1);
+ pnum = be32_to_cpu(fmec->pnum);
+ if (pnum < 0 || pnum >= ubi->peb_count) {
+ ubi_err(ubi, "bad PEB %i in fastmap erase list", pnum);
+ goto fail_bad;
+ }
+
+ ret = add_aeb(ai, &ai->erase, pnum, be32_to_cpu(fmec->ec), 1);
if (ret)
goto fail;
}
@@ -732,7 +752,7 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
}
for (j = 0; j < be32_to_cpu(fm_eba->reserved_pebs); j++) {
- int pnum = be32_to_cpu(fm_eba->pnum[j]);
+ pnum = be32_to_cpu(fm_eba->pnum[j]);
if (pnum < 0)
continue;
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* [PATCH 2/2] ubi: Check the data size of the last LEB of static volumes
2026-10-24 12:43 [PATCH 0/2] ubi: Check two values read from the media at attach time Alejandro Pacheco
2026-10-24 12:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] ubi: fastmap: Check the PEB numbers in the fastmap lists Alejandro Pacheco
@ 2026-10-24 12:43 ` Alejandro Pacheco
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Pacheco @ 2026-10-24 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Weinberger
Cc: Zhihao Cheng, Miquel Raynal, Vignesh Raghavendra, linux-mtd,
linux-kernel
From: Alejandro Pacheco <ale@alepacheco.dev>
For a static volume, init_volumes() takes the data size of its last LEB
from the attach information, av->last_data_size, as vol->last_eb_bytes.
When the volume is first opened, ubi_check_volume() reads that many
bytes of the last LEB into a buffer of vol->usable_leb_size bytes.
Nothing bounds that size by vol->usable_leb_size. When UBI attaches by
scanning, it is the data_size of the last LEB's VID header, which
validate_vid_hdr() only checks against ubi->leb_size; that is larger
than the usable LEB size of a volume with a non-zero data_pad. When UBI
attaches from a fastmap, it can be the last_eb_bytes of the volume's
fastmap header, which is not checked at all. A larger size makes
ubi_check_volume() write past the end of its buffer.
Before UBI comes up, check_attaching_info() runs check_av() on every
volume that has attach information, to check it against the volume's
record in the volume table. Also reject there a static volume whose last
LEB data size is negative or larger than vol->usable_leb_size. Images
written by UBI or ubinize are not affected: no LEB of a static volume
holds more data than its usable LEB size.
This needs a crafted image (the VID header and the fastmap carry CRCs
that catch random corruption) on a device that UBI attaches at boot or
that a user with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE attaches.
An LLM coding assistant was used to find this bug and to write this
patch and its changelog.
Fixes: 801c135ce73d ("UBI: Unsorted Block Images")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Pacheco <ale@alepacheco.dev>
---
drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
index 06d87a3013a..f1bd6e1e488 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
@@ -696,6 +696,12 @@ static int check_av(const struct ubi_volume *vol,
err = 5;
goto bad;
}
+ if (vol->vol_type == UBI_STATIC_VOLUME &&
+ (av->last_data_size < 0 ||
+ av->last_data_size > vol->usable_leb_size)) {
+ err = 6;
+ goto bad;
+ }
return 0;
bad:
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