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authorAhmad Fatoum <ahmad@a3f.at>2021-09-13 10:29:57 +0200
committerSascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>2021-10-04 12:46:31 +0200
commitee05dc28e9985640d5df0b46eb6d5bf8ade2cd85 (patch)
tree97aa709cd3e6bd8da319ad3aca63a53dcead6ceb /common/firmware.c
parent90583805dcd7745d2d3fbac5a95e70a3b11aaff2 (diff)
downloadbarebox-ee05dc28e9985640d5df0b46eb6d5bf8ade2cd85.tar.gz
blspec: fix use-after-free of firmware search path
firmware_set_searchpath() is used to temporarily extend firmware search path when parsing boot spec files. It does so by first freeing the original firmware pointer and then storing a pointer to a copy of the new search path. firmware_get_searchpath() returns this pointer without copying meaning that following sequence causes a use-after-free: old_fws = firmware_get_searchpath(); firmware_set_searchpath(fws); /* calls free(old_fws) */ firmware_set_searchpath(old_fws); Fix this by keeping around a copy of the search path. Fixes: dfebbb0a5944 ("blspec: Set firmware searchpath") Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad@a3f.at> Link: https://lore.barebox.org/20210913082957.364440-1-ahmad@a3f.at Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'common/firmware.c')
-rw-r--r--common/firmware.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/common/firmware.c b/common/firmware.c
index b33acff77f..b87d7da38f 100644
--- a/common/firmware.c
+++ b/common/firmware.c
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ out:
static char *firmware_path;
-const char *firmware_get_searchpath(void)
+char *firmware_get_searchpath(void)
{
- return firmware_path;
+ return strdup(firmware_path);
}
void firmware_set_searchpath(const char *path)