[PATCH v4 2/4] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: bound ordered-list parsing by the package count
From: Muhammad Bilal
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 11:49:24 EST
hp_populate_ordered_list_elements_from_package() differs from the other
per-type parsers: its main loop is bounded only by the fixed per-type
count and never checks elem against the number of elements actually
present in the package,
for (elem = 1, eloc = 1; eloc < ORD_ELEM_CNT; elem++, eloc++)
whereas the string, integer, enumeration and password parsers bound
their main loop with "elem < count" as well.
This is safe today because hp_init_bios_package_attribute() rejects any
package with fewer than ORD_ELEM_CNT elements before the parser runs.
An upcoming change, however, relaxes that check to accept shorter
packages.
Bound the loop by the validated element count as well, so it stops at
whichever comes first, the per-type count or the real package size,
for (elem = 1, eloc = 1; eloc < ORD_ELEM_CNT && elem < order_obj_count;
elem++, eloc++)
order_obj_count is the validated element count, now correctly forwarded
from the caller. No functional change for packages that enumerate
correctly today.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c
index 83ddf99f93954..a50d074125268 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/order-list-attributes.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int hp_populate_ordered_list_elements_from_package(union acpi_object *ord
if (!order_obj)
return -EINVAL;
- for (elem = 1, eloc = 1; eloc < ORD_ELEM_CNT; elem++, eloc++) {
+ for (elem = 1, eloc = 1; eloc < ORD_ELEM_CNT && elem < order_obj_count; elem++, eloc++) {
switch (order_obj[elem].type) {
case ACPI_TYPE_STRING:
--
2.55.0