[PATCH] riscv: pi: validate early FDT string properties before string use

From: Pengpeng Hou

Date: Thu Apr 02 2026 - 21:32:51 EST


The early RISC-V FDT parser reads status, riscv,isa, and mmu-type
directly from the DTB and then passes them to strcmp() or
isa_string_contains(), which in turn uses strlen() and other C string
helpers. DT string properties come from external firmware input and are
not locally proven to be NUL-terminated within the property bounds.

Use fdt_stringlist_get() before treating these properties as C strings
so malformed unterminated properties are rejected instead of being read
past their declared length.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/pi/fdt_early.c | 15 ++++++---------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/pi/fdt_early.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/pi/fdt_early.c
index a12ff8090f19..a44afd460d70 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/pi/fdt_early.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/pi/fdt_early.c
@@ -38,16 +38,13 @@ u64 get_kaslr_seed(uintptr_t dtb_pa)
static bool fdt_device_is_available(const void *fdt, int node)
{
const char *status;
- int statlen;

- status = fdt_getprop(fdt, node, "status", &statlen);
+ status = fdt_stringlist_get(fdt, node, "status", 0, NULL);
if (!status)
return true;

- if (statlen > 0) {
- if (!strcmp(status, "okay") || !strcmp(status, "ok"))
- return true;
- }
+ if (!strcmp(status, "okay") || !strcmp(status, "ok"))
+ return true;

return false;
}
@@ -137,14 +134,14 @@ static bool isa_string_contains(const char *isa_str, const char *ext_name)
*/
static bool early_cpu_isa_ext_available(const void *fdt, int node, const char *ext_name)
{
- const void *prop;
+ const char *prop;
int len;

prop = fdt_getprop(fdt, node, "riscv,isa-extensions", &len);
if (prop && fdt_stringlist_contains(prop, len, ext_name))
return true;

- prop = fdt_getprop(fdt, node, "riscv,isa", &len);
+ prop = fdt_stringlist_get(fdt, node, "riscv,isa", 0, &len);
if (prop && isa_string_contains(prop, ext_name))
return true;

@@ -210,7 +207,7 @@ u64 set_satp_mode_from_fdt(uintptr_t dtb_pa)
if (!fdt_device_is_available(fdt, node))
continue;

- mmu_type = fdt_getprop(fdt, node, "mmu-type", NULL);
+ mmu_type = fdt_stringlist_get(fdt, node, "mmu-type", 0, NULL);
if (!mmu_type)
break;

--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)