[PATCH] riscv: lib: Fix ZBB strnlen wrap-around regression on huge counts

From: shao.mingyin

Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 02:54:19 EST


From: Shao Mingyin <shao.mingyin@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 5d588c684833 ("riscv: lib: Fix ZBB strnlen reading past count
boundary") computes the aligned scan boundary from the last valid byte
(s + count - 1). When count is huge (e.g. SIZE_MAX, which FORTIFY
strcat/strlcat pass when the destination size is not known at compile
time), s + count wraps around and the aligned boundary lands before s.
The pre-loop guard "bgeu t0, t4, 2f" then always exits for aligned
strings of 8 or more characters, and strnlen() returns 8 instead of
the real length.

This silently truncates strings built by fortified strcat: the dm
sysfs name attribute shows "live-bas" instead of "live-base", the
truncated name pollutes the udev database, and blivet/anaconda (as
well as LVM/dm-crypt/multipath userspace) break on RISC-V systems.

Detect the wrap-around and saturate the boundary to the top of the
address space, making the scan equivalent to strlen(). Normal counts
are unaffected.

Fixes: 5d588c684833 ("riscv: lib: Fix ZBB strnlen reading past count boundary")
Signed-off-by: Shao Mingyin <shao.mingyin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S b/arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S
index a8911605c248..2451289ed0f9 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/lib/strnlen.S
@@ -87,9 +87,19 @@ strnlen_zbb:
* Aligned boundary. Use the address of the last valid byte
* (s + count - 1) to avoid loading a word past the count
* boundary in the loop below. count == 0 is handled above.
+ *
+ * Saturate the boundary when s + count wraps around (very large
+ * counts, e.g. SIZE_MAX passed by FORTIFY strcat/strlcat with a
+ * destination whose size is unknown at compile time). Without
+ * this, the wrapped boundary lands before s and the pre-loop
+ * guard below always exits, returning a truncated length.
+ * Saturating makes the scan equivalent to strlen().
*/
add t4, a0, a1
addi t4, t4, -1
+ bgeu t4, a0, 1f
+ li t4, -1
+1:
andi t4, t4, -SZREG

/* Get the first word. */
--
2.27.0