[PATCH] efi: apple-properties: validate setup data header length

From: Pengpeng Hou

Date: Mon Jul 06 2026 - 06:14:20 EST


map_properties() remaps the Apple properties setup_data payload
and then reads the properties header fields.

Reject a truncated payload before checking the header version and length
fields.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/apple-properties.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/apple-properties.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/apple-properties.c
index 2e525e17fba7..f401a04edf4c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/apple-properties.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/apple-properties.c
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ static int __init map_properties(void)
}

properties = (struct properties_header *)data->data;
- if (properties->version != 1) {
+ if (data_len < sizeof(*properties)) {
+ pr_err("truncated properties header\n");
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ } else if (properties->version != 1) {
pr_err("unsupported version:\n");
print_hex_dump(KERN_ERR, pr_fmt(), DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
16, 1, properties, data_len, true);
--
2.43.0