[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: debugfs: fix out-of-bounds read in spi_nor_params_show()
From: Tudor Ambarus
Date: Fri Apr 17 2026 - 11:30:39 EST
Sashiko noticed an out-of-bounds read [1].
In spi_nor_params_show(), the snor_f_names array is passed to
spi_nor_print_flags() using sizeof(snor_f_names).
Since snor_f_names is an array of pointers, sizeof() returns the total
number of bytes occupied by the pointers
(element_count * sizeof(void *))
rather than the element count itself. On 64-bit systems, this makes the
passed length 8x larger than intended.
Inside spi_nor_print_flags(), the 'names_len' argument is used to
bounds-check the 'names' array access. An out-of-bounds read occurs
if a flag bit is set that exceeds the array's actual element count
but is within the inflated byte-size count.
Correct this by using ARRAY_SIZE() to pass the actual number of
string pointers in the array.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 0257be79fc4a ("mtd: spi-nor: expose internal parameters via debugfs")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260417-die-erase-fix-v2-1-73bb7004ebad%40infineon.com [1]
Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx>
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We shall assign a CVE to this. I'll look into how next week.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20260417-die-erase-fix-v2-1-73bb7004ebad@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
---
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
index fa6956144d2e..14ba1680c315 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/array_size.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/mtd/spi-nor.h>
#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ static int spi_nor_params_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data)
seq_printf(s, "address nbytes\t%u\n", nor->addr_nbytes);
seq_puts(s, "flags\t\t");
- spi_nor_print_flags(s, nor->flags, snor_f_names, sizeof(snor_f_names));
+ spi_nor_print_flags(s, nor->flags, snor_f_names,
+ ARRAY_SIZE(snor_f_names));
seq_puts(s, "\n");
seq_puts(s, "\nopcodes\n");
---
base-commit: 43cfbdda5af60ffc6272a7b8c5c37d1d0a181ca9
change-id: 20260417-fix-oob-read-spi-nor-25409b31d01a
Best regards,
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Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx>