[PATCH] nvmem: brcm_nvram: validate cached NVRAM length
From: Pengpeng Hou
Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 04:45:36 EST
The cached-content conversion stops at the partition padding. Therefore,
data_len may be smaller than nvmem_size. brcm_nvram_parse() checks
header->len against nvmem_size, then passes that length to
brcm_nvram_add_cells(), which temporarily writes data[len - 1] and parses
NUL-separated entries.
A corrupted header can declare a length that fits the MMIO resource but
exceeds the cached allocation. Also reject a cached object that is too
small for the header, and reject declared lengths shorter than the header.
Validate the declaration against data_len, which bounds the parsed object.
Fixes: 1e37bf84afac ("nvmem: brcm_nvram: store a copy of NVRAM content")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c b/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
index aaa6537798bf..4701772cfa47 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
@@ -181,15 +181,21 @@ static int brcm_nvram_parse(struct brcm_nvram *priv)
size_t len;
int err;
+ if (priv->data_len < sizeof(*header)) {
+ dev_err(dev, "NVRAM content (%zu) is smaller than header (%zu)\n",
+ priv->data_len, sizeof(*header));
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (memcmp(header->magic, NVRAM_MAGIC, 4)) {
dev_err(dev, "Invalid NVRAM magic\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
len = le32_to_cpu(header->len);
- if (len > priv->nvmem_size) {
- dev_err(dev, "NVRAM length (%zd) exceeds mapped size (%zd)\n", len,
- priv->nvmem_size);
+ if (len < sizeof(*header) || len > priv->data_len) {
+ dev_err(dev, "NVRAM length (%zu) is outside cached content (%zu)\n",
+ len, priv->data_len);
return -EINVAL;
}
--
2.43.0