[PATCH] net/bnxt: fix NVRAM directory integer overflow

Mohammad Shuab Siddique mohammad-shuab.siddique at broadcom.com
Mon Sep 21 05:06:11 CEST 2026


From: Joseph Wong <joseph.wong at broadcom.com>

Add bounds checking in bnxt_get_nvram_directory() to prevent a length
underflow when subtracting 2 from the input length, and an integer
overflow when calculating the required buffer length. Also enforce
firmware-supplied upper bounds on the directory entry count and entry
length, guarding against an undersized DMA buffer if firmware reports
implausible values, and use 64-bit arithmetic for the buffer size
calculation. The two returned values are each written back as a
single byte, so their upper bounds are UINT8_MAX, not larger values
that would let a firmware-reported value above 255 pass validation
and then silently truncate on the byte store.

Fixes: 19e6af01bb36 ("net/bnxt: support get/set EEPROM")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Joseph Wong <joseph.wong at broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Farah Smith <farah.smith at broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Mohammad Shuab Siddique <mohammad-shuab.siddique at broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
index 1615b36aae..bb55de9905 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
@@ -6049,6 +6049,9 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_nvm_get_dir_info(struct bnxt *bp, uint32_t *entries,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+#define BNXT_MAX_DIR_ENTRIES   UINT8_MAX
+#define BNXT_MAX_ENTRY_LENGTH  UINT8_MAX
+
 int bnxt_get_nvram_directory(struct bnxt *bp, uint32_t len, uint8_t *data)
 {
 	int rc;
@@ -6060,16 +6063,27 @@ int bnxt_get_nvram_directory(struct bnxt *bp, uint32_t len, uint8_t *data)
 	struct hwrm_nvm_get_dir_entries_input req = {0};
 	struct hwrm_nvm_get_dir_entries_output *resp = bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr;
 
+	if (len < 2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	rc = bnxt_hwrm_nvm_get_dir_info(bp, &dir_entries, &entry_length);
 	if (rc != 0)
 		return rc;
 
+	if (dir_entries == 0 || dir_entries > BNXT_MAX_DIR_ENTRIES ||
+	    entry_length == 0 || entry_length > BNXT_MAX_ENTRY_LENGTH) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG_LINE(ERR,
+			"Invalid dir info: entries=%u length=%u",
+			dir_entries, entry_length);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	*data++ = dir_entries;
 	*data++ = entry_length;
 	len -= 2;
 	memset(data, 0xff, len);
 
-	buflen = dir_entries * entry_length;
+	buflen = (size_t)dir_entries * entry_length;
 	buf = rte_malloc("nvm_dir", buflen, 0);
 	if (buf == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.47.3



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