Hi Anton, et. al.

On Wed, 2026-09-02 at 22:23 +0100, Anton Ivanov wrote:
> The data-offset, data-position and data-size FIT properties are
> excluded from the configuration signature, so they are attacker
> controlled even when signature verification succeeds. The offset and
> size arithmetic in load_simple_fit() can wrap on hostile values:
> 
>  - adding the external-data base offset to data-offset can wrap past
>    UINT32_MAX,
>  - get_aligned_image_size() adds the block-alignment overhead and
>    rounds up to the block length, which can wrap past ULONG_MAX,
>  - adding the FIT's device offset to the aligned external-data offset
>    can wrap past ULONG_MAX.
> 
> Make get_aligned_image_size() return the aligned size through an out
> parameter and fail with -EOVERFLOW when the computation would wrap,
> check the two offset additions explicitly, and compare the
> block-aligned size (the amount info->read() actually transfers)
> against max_size before reading. Do the same for the FIT header read
> in spl_simple_fit_read().

I bisected this commit to regress on the LicheePi 4A in the sense that the SPL 
is no longer able to
load/execute OpenSBI/U-Boot proper:

U-Boot SPL 2026.10 (Oct 10 2026 - 21:45:55 +0200)
Trying to boot from RAM
=> hangs

My fix reverting this and a second patch [1] got accepted in meta-riscv, see:

https://github.com/riscv/meta-riscv/pull/711

Before I dig deeper, I would welcome any insight anybody could have. Thanks!

Cheers

Marcel

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]

> Signed-off-by: Anton Ivanov <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
> 
> ---
> Changed since v3: the new diagnostics use log_debug() instead of
> printf(), which compiles out in a non-debug SPL build.
> 
> Code size, from buildman -S in the u-boot-gitlab-ci-runner container
> (gcc 14.2.0). The 413 boards that build spl_fit.c cover seven
> combinations of CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_BLOCK (BLK), CONFIG_SPL_FIT_SIGNATURE
> (SIG) and bitness, one board each below. SPL only; U-Boot proper is
> unchanged:
> 
>   BLK SIG bit  board                      text  rodata  data    all
>    y   n   32  am335x_evm                  +24     -49    -4    -29
>    y   y   32  firefly-rk3288              +20     -49     0    -29
>    n   n   32  am335x_evm_spiboot           +4     -49     0    -45
>    n   y   32  evb-ast2600                  -8     -49     0    -57
>    y   n   64  imx8mm_evk                  +16     -49     0    -33
>    y   y   64  orangepi-5-ultra-rk3588     +28     -49     0    -21
>    n   n   64  r8a779g0_whitehawk            0     -49     0    -49
> 
> The rodata drop is the "FIT image too large" printf() this patch
> removes.
> ---
>  common/spl/spl_fit.c  | 98 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  test/image/spl_load.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/spl/spl_fit.c b/common/spl/spl_fit.c
> index 9b16f91cc6f..65934674b6c 100644
> --- a/common/spl/spl_fit.c
> +++ b/common/spl/spl_fit.c
> @@ -175,22 +175,32 @@ static int spl_fit_get_image_node(const struct 
> spl_fit_info *ctx,
>       return node;
>  }
>  
> -static int get_aligned_image_offset(struct spl_load_info *info, int offset)
> +static u32 get_aligned_image_offset(struct spl_load_info *info, u32 offset)
>  {
>       return ALIGN_DOWN(offset, spl_get_bl_len(info));
>  }
>  
> -static int get_aligned_image_overhead(struct spl_load_info *info, int offset)
> +static u32 get_aligned_image_overhead(struct spl_load_info *info, u32 offset)
>  {
>       return offset & (spl_get_bl_len(info) - 1);
>  }
>  
> -static int get_aligned_image_size(struct spl_load_info *info, int data_size,
> -                               int offset)
> +static int get_aligned_image_size(struct spl_load_info *info, ulong 
> data_size,
> +                               u32 offset, ulong *aligned_size)
>  {
> -     data_size = data_size + get_aligned_image_overhead(info, offset);
> +     u32 overhead = get_aligned_image_overhead(info, offset);
>  
> -     return ALIGN(data_size, spl_get_bl_len(info));
> +     if (data_size > ULONG_MAX - overhead)
> +             return -EOVERFLOW;
> +     data_size += overhead;
> +
> +     if (data_size > ULONG_MAX - (spl_get_bl_len(info) - 1))
> +             return -EOVERFLOW;
> +     data_size = ALIGN(data_size, spl_get_bl_len(info));
> +
> +     *aligned_size = data_size;
> +
> +     return 0;
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -223,17 +233,16 @@ static int load_simple_fit(struct spl_load_info *info, 
> ulong fit_offset,
>       ulong load_addr;
>       void *load_ptr;
>       void *src;
> -     ulong overhead;
>       uint8_t image_comp = -1, type = -1;
>       const void *data;
>       const void *fit = ctx->fit;
>       bool external_data = false;
> +     int ret;
>  
>       log_debug("starting\n");
>       if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(BOOTMETH_VBE) &&
>           xpl_get_phase(info) != IH_PHASE_NONE) {
>               enum image_phase_t phase;
> -             int ret;
>  
>               ret = fit_image_get_phase(fit, node, &phase);
>               /* if the image is for any phase, let's use it */
> @@ -273,13 +282,19 @@ static int load_simple_fit(struct spl_load_info *info, 
> ulong fit_offset,
>       if (!fit_image_get_data_position(fit, node, &offset)) {
>               external_data = true;
>       } else if (!fit_image_get_data_offset(fit, node, &offset)) {
> -             log_debug("read offset %x = offset from fit %lx\n",
> -                       offset, (ulong)offset + ctx->ext_data_offset);
> +             /* The resulting offset cannot exceed UINT32_MAX */
> +             if (ctx->ext_data_offset > UINT32_MAX - offset) {
> +                     log_debug("Invalid external data offset: %u\n", offset);
> +                     return -EINVAL;
> +             }
> +             log_debug("read offset %x = offset from fit %x\n", offset,
> +                       (u32)(offset + ctx->ext_data_offset));
>               offset += ctx->ext_data_offset;
>               external_data = true;
>       }
>  
>       if (external_data) {
> +             u32 aligned_offset;
>               ulong read_offset;
>               void *src_ptr;
>  
> @@ -300,16 +315,26 @@ static int load_simple_fit(struct spl_load_info *info, 
> ulong fit_offset,
>                * controlled even after fit_config_verify() succeeds. The
>                * image hash is only verified after the device read below, so
>                * an oversized value has to be rejected here.
> -              *
> -              * Bail out before get_aligned_image_size() runs on a hostile
> -              * len: that helper does its arithmetic in int and would
> -              * invoke signed-integer overflow on a value close to or above
> -              * INT_MAX. The block-aligned check further down is the
> -              * mathematically binding one, since size is len rounded up to
> -              * the device block length.
>                */
> -             if ((ulong)len > max_size)
> -                     goto too_big;
> +             ret = get_aligned_image_size(info, len, offset, &size);
> +             if (ret) {
> +                     log_debug("Invalid external data size: %u\n", len);
> +                     return ret;
> +             }
> +
> +             if (size > max_size) {
> +                     log_debug("Image too large: aligned size %lu, max %lu 
> (data-size %u)\n",
> +                               size, max_size, len);
> +                     return -EFBIG;
> +             }
> +
> +             aligned_offset = get_aligned_image_offset(info, offset);
> +             if (aligned_offset > ULONG_MAX - fit_offset) {
> +                     log_debug("Invalid aligned external data offset: %u\n",
> +                               aligned_offset);
> +                     return -EINVAL;
> +             }
> +             read_offset = fit_offset + aligned_offset;
>  
>               if (spl_decompression_enabled() &&
>                   (image_comp == IH_COMP_GZIP || image_comp == IH_COMP_LZMA))
> @@ -318,19 +343,6 @@ static int load_simple_fit(struct spl_load_info *info, 
> ulong fit_offset,
>                       src_ptr = map_sysmem(ALIGN(load_addr, 
> ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN), len);
>               length = len;
>  
> -             overhead = get_aligned_image_overhead(info, offset);
> -             size = get_aligned_image_size(info, length, offset);
> -             read_offset = fit_offset + get_aligned_image_offset(info,
> -                                                         offset);
> -
> -             /*
> -              * info->read() transfers the block-aligned size into the
> -              * destination, so this is the bound that actually matters;
> -              * len was rejected above only to keep this computation safe.
> -              */
> -             if (size > max_size)
> -                     goto too_big;
> -
>               log_debug("reading from offset %x / %lx size %lx to %p: ",
>                         offset, read_offset, size, src_ptr);
>  
> @@ -339,7 +351,7 @@ static int load_simple_fit(struct spl_load_info *info, 
> ulong fit_offset,
>  
>               debug("External data: dst=%p, offset=%x, size=%lx\n",
>                     src_ptr, offset, (unsigned long)length);
> -             src = src_ptr + overhead;
> +             src = src_ptr + get_aligned_image_overhead(info, offset);
>       } else {
>               /* Embedded data */
>               if (fit_image_get_emb_data(fit, node, &data, &length)) {
> @@ -401,11 +413,6 @@ static int load_simple_fit(struct spl_load_info *info, 
> ulong fit_offset,
>       upl_add_image(fit, node, load_addr, length);
>  
>       return 0;
> -
> -too_big:
> -     printf("%s: FIT image too large (data-size %u, max %lu)\n",
> -            __func__, (u32)len, max_size);
> -     return -EFBIG;
>  }
>  
>  static bool os_takes_devicetree(uint8_t os)
> @@ -737,8 +744,9 @@ static int spl_simple_fit_read(struct spl_fit_info *ctx,
>                              struct spl_load_info *info, ulong offset,
>                              const void *fit_header)
>  {
> -     unsigned long count, size;
> +     unsigned long aligned_size, count, size;
>       void *buf;
> +     int ret;
>  
>       /*
>        * For FIT with external data, figure out where the external images
> @@ -756,8 +764,12 @@ static int spl_simple_fit_read(struct spl_fit_info *ctx,
>        * For FIT with data embedded, data is loaded as part of FIT image.
>        * For FIT with external data, data is not loaded in this step.
>        */
> -     size = get_aligned_image_size(info, size, 0);
> -     buf = board_spl_fit_buffer_addr(size, size, 1);
> +     ret = get_aligned_image_size(info, size, 0, &aligned_size);
> +     if (ret) {
> +             log_debug("Invalid FIT size: %lu\n", size);
> +             return ret;
> +     }
> +     buf = board_spl_fit_buffer_addr(aligned_size, aligned_size, 1);
>       if (!buf) {
>               /*
>                * We assume that none of the board will ever use 0x0 as a
> @@ -767,7 +779,7 @@ static int spl_simple_fit_read(struct spl_fit_info *ctx,
>               return -EIO;
>       }
>  
> -     count = info->read(info, offset, size, buf);
> +     count = info->read(info, offset, aligned_size, buf);
>       if (!count) {
>               /*
>                * FIT could not be read. This means we should free the
> @@ -800,7 +812,7 @@ static int spl_simple_fit_read(struct spl_fit_info *ctx,
>  
>       ctx->fit = buf;
>       debug("fit read offset %lx, size=%lu, dst=%p, count=%lu\n",
> -           offset, size, buf, count);
> +           offset, aligned_size, buf, count);
>  
>       return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/test/image/spl_load.c b/test/image/spl_load.c
> index 49bfce15c08..557362ba113 100644
> --- a/test/image/spl_load.c
> +++ b/test/image/spl_load.c
> @@ -426,6 +426,63 @@ static int spl_test_fit_external_oversize(struct 
> unit_test_state *uts)
>  }
>  SPL_TEST(spl_test_fit_external_oversize, 0);
>  
> +/*
> + * A data-offset which wraps past UINT32_MAX once the external-data base
> + * offset is added must be rejected before it is used as a read offset.
> + */
> +static int spl_test_fit_data_offset_overflow(struct unit_test_state *uts)
> +{
> +     if (!image_supported(FIT_EXTERNAL))
> +             return -EAGAIN;
> +
> +     return check_fit_ext_prop(uts, FIT_DATA_OFFSET_PROP, 0xffffffff, 1,
> +                               spl_test_read, 0, -EINVAL);
> +}
> +SPL_TEST(spl_test_fit_data_offset_overflow, 0);
> +
> +/*
> + * A data-size whose block-aligned read size wraps past ULONG_MAX must be
> + * rejected. Since data-size is a 32-bit property, the wrap is only reachable
> + * when ulong is 32 bits wide, so skip the test on other targets.
> + */
> +static int spl_test_fit_data_size_overflow(struct unit_test_state *uts)
> +{
> +     if (!image_supported(FIT_EXTERNAL) || sizeof(ulong) != 4)
> +             return -EAGAIN;
> +
> +     return check_fit_ext_prop(uts, FIT_DATA_SIZE_PROP, 0xffffffff, 2,
> +                               spl_test_read, 0, -EOVERFLOW);
> +}
> +SPL_TEST(spl_test_fit_data_size_overflow, 0);
> +
> +/* Device offset the reader pretends the FIT was loaded from */
> +static ulong spl_test_fit_offset;
> +
> +static ulong spl_test_read_fit_offset(struct spl_load_info *load, ulong 
> sector,
> +                                   ulong count, void *buf)
> +{
> +     return spl_test_read(load, sector - spl_test_fit_offset, count, buf);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * An aligned external-data offset which wraps past ULONG_MAX once the FIT's
> + * offset on the device is added must be rejected before it is used as a read
> + * offset.
> + */
> +static int spl_test_fit_read_offset_overflow(struct unit_test_state *uts)
> +{
> +     if (!image_supported(FIT_EXTERNAL))
> +             return -EAGAIN;
> +
> +     /* So that ULONG_MAX - fit_offset < the aligned external-data offset */
> +     spl_test_fit_offset = ULONG_MAX - 0xfff;
> +
> +     return check_fit_ext_prop(uts, FIT_DATA_OFFSET_PROP, 0x1000, 1,
> +                               spl_test_read_fit_offset, spl_test_fit_offset,
> +                               -EINVAL);
> +}
> +SPL_TEST(spl_test_fit_read_offset_overflow, 0);
> +
>  /*
>   * LZMA is too complex to generate on the fly, so let's use some data I put 
> in
>   * the oven^H^H^H^H compressed earlier

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