[PATCH] arc: validate DT CPU map strings before parsing them
From: Pengpeng Hou
Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 01:50:59 EST
arc_get_cpu_map() fetches the possible-cpus or present-cpus property
from the flat DT and immediately passes the raw pointer to
cpulist_parse(). That parser expects a NUL-terminated text buffer, but
this path does not prove that the DT property is terminated within its
declared bounds.
Reject unterminated CPU-map properties before handing them to
cpulist_parse().
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arc/kernel/smp.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
index b2f2c59279a6..e0f8218e9172 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/irqdomain.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/of_fdt.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <asm/mach_desc.h>
#include <asm/setup.h>
@@ -43,11 +44,15 @@ static int __init arc_get_cpu_map(const char *name, struct cpumask *cpumask)
{
unsigned long dt_root = of_get_flat_dt_root();
const char *buf;
+ int len;
- buf = of_get_flat_dt_prop(dt_root, name, NULL);
+ buf = of_get_flat_dt_prop(dt_root, name, &len);
if (!buf)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (!memchr(buf, '\0', len))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (cpulist_parse(buf, cpumask))
return -EINVAL;
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)