[PATCH v2] ARM: xen: validate hypervisor compatible before parsing its version
From: Pengpeng Hou
Date: Sat Apr 04 2026 - 22:15:15 EST
fdt_find_hyper_node() reads the raw compatible property and then derives
hyper_node.version from a prefix match before later printing it with %s.
Flat DT properties are external boot input, and this path does not prove
that the first compatible entry is NUL-terminated within the returned
property length.
Keep the existing flat-DT lookup path, but verify that the first
compatible entry terminates within the returned property length before
deriving the version suffix from it.
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- keep `of_get_flat_dt_prop()` instead of switching to `fdt_stringlist_get()`
- validate the first compatible entry with bounded `strnlen()`
arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
index 4feed2c2..25a0ce3b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ static __initdata struct {
static int __init fdt_find_hyper_node(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
int depth, void *data)
{
- const void *s = NULL;
+ const char *s = NULL;
int len;
+ size_t prefix_len = strlen(hyper_node.prefix);
if (depth != 1 || strcmp(uname, "hypervisor") != 0)
return 0;
@@ -228,9 +229,10 @@ static int __init fdt_find_hyper_node(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
hyper_node.found = true;
s = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "compatible", &len);
- if (strlen(hyper_node.prefix) + 3 < len &&
- !strncmp(hyper_node.prefix, s, strlen(hyper_node.prefix)))
- hyper_node.version = s + strlen(hyper_node.prefix);
+ if (s && len > 0 && strnlen(s, len) < len &&
+ len > prefix_len + 3 &&
+ !strncmp(hyper_node.prefix, s, prefix_len))
+ hyper_node.version = s + prefix_len;
/*
* Check if Xen supports EFI by checking whether there is the
--
2.50.1