[PATCH] riscv: lib: Fix address overflow due to large count values in strnlen ZBB path

From: gao.rui

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 04:29:28 EST


Hi all,

This patch fixes an issue in the RISC-V ZBB optimized strnlen implementation.

Problem description: When using the ZBB optimized strnlen implementation, passing very large count values (such as SIZE_MAX) can cause address overflow and return incorrect results.

This issue was observed in device-mapper tests:

sh-5.2# dmsetup create testname9 --table "0 8 zero"
sh-5.2# cat /sys/block/dm-*/dm/name
testname
sh-5.2# dmsetup remove testname9

The overflow in strnlen caused failures in string handling during device-mapper operations.

Patch summary:
- Explicitly introduce the strnlen_generic label.
- Simplify the generic implementation loop.
- Add fallback logic in strnlen_zbb to redirect to the generic path when a0 + a1 overflows.
This ensures correct behavior for large count values and SIZE_MAX cases.

Fixes: 5ba15d419fab ("riscv: lib: add strnlen() implementation")
Signed-off-by: Gao Rui <gao.rui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S b/arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S
index a8911605c248..04016e51e8b5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(strnlen)
__ALTERNATIVE_CFG("nop", "j strnlen_zbb", 0, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBB,
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZBB) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZBB))

+strnlen_generic:

/*
* Returns
@@ -27,15 +28,17 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(strnlen)
* a1 - Max length of string
*
* Clobbers
- * t0, t1, t2
+ * t0, t1
*/
- addi t1, a0, -1
- add t2, a0, a1
+ mv t1, a0
+
1:
- addi t1, t1, 1
- beq t1, t2, 2f
+ beqz a1, 2f
+ addi a1, a1, -1
lbu t0, 0(t1)
- bnez t0, 1b
+ beqz t0, 2f
+ addi t1, t1, 1
+ j 1b
2:
sub a0, t1, a0
ret
@@ -73,6 +76,13 @@ strnlen_zbb:
/* If maxlen is 0, return 0. */
beqz a1, 3f

+ /*
+ * Fallback to generic implementation when count is large enough to
+ * cause address overflow in the ZBB optimized path
+ */
+ add t4, a0, a1
+ bltu t4, a0, strnlen_generic /* a0 + a1 overflow */
+
/* Number of irrelevant bytes in the first word. */
andi t2, a0, SZREG-1

--
2.27.0