[PATCH] soc: qcom: mdt_loader: Deal with zero e_shentsize

From: Bjorn Andersson
Date: Wed Jul 30 2025 - 16:52:07 EST


Firmware that doesn't provide section headers leave both e_shentsize and
e_shnum 0, which obvious isn't compatible with the newly introduced
stricter checks.

Make the section-related checks conditional on either of these values
being non-zero.

Fixes: 9f9967fed9d0 ("soc: qcom: mdt_loader: Ensure we don't read past the ELF header")
Reported-by: Val Packett <val@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ece307c3-7d65-440f-babd-88cf9705b908@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
Reported-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aec9cd03-6fc2-4dc8-b937-8b7cf7bf4128@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
index 0ca268bdf1f8c579b36a04fd94417be172fc1099..5710ac0c07a8c8a56110e3fc5e30b8610e106449 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ static bool mdt_header_valid(const struct firmware *fw)
if (phend > fw->size)
return false;

- if (ehdr->e_shentsize != sizeof(struct elf32_shdr))
- return false;
+ if (ehdr->e_shentsize || ehdr->e_shnum) {
+ if (ehdr->e_shentsize != sizeof(struct elf32_shdr))
+ return false;

- shend = size_add(size_mul(sizeof(struct elf32_shdr), ehdr->e_shnum), ehdr->e_shoff);
- if (shend > fw->size)
- return false;
+ shend = size_add(size_mul(sizeof(struct elf32_shdr), ehdr->e_shnum), ehdr->e_shoff);
+ if (shend > fw->size)
+ return false;
+ }

return true;
}

---
base-commit: 79fb37f39b77bbf9a56304e9af843cd93a7a1916
change-id: 20250730-mdt-loader-shentsize-zero-8c99653b6343

Best regards,
--
Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>