[PATCH v2] lib/bootconfig: guard xbc_node_compose_key_after() buffer size

From: Josh Law

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 14:07:17 EST


xbc_node_compose_key_after() passes a size_t buffer length to
snprintf(), but snprintf() returns int. Guard against size values above
INT_MAX before the loop so the existing truncation check can continue to
compare ret against (int)size safely.

Add a small WARN_ON_ONCE shim for the tools/bootconfig userspace build
so the same source continues to build there.

Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/bootconfig.c | 3 +++
tools/bootconfig/include/linux/bootconfig.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c
index 96cbe6738ffe..730209c83e62 100644
--- a/lib/bootconfig.c
+++ b/lib/bootconfig.c
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ int __init xbc_node_compose_key_after(struct xbc_node *root,
if (!node && root)
return -EINVAL;

+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(size > INT_MAX))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
while (--depth >= 0) {
node = xbc_nodes + keys[depth];
ret = snprintf(buf, size, "%s%s", xbc_node_get_data(node),
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/bootconfig.h b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/bootconfig.h
index 6784296a0692..48383c10e036 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/bootconfig.h
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/bootconfig.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
#include <string.h>


@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@
((cond) ? printf("Internal warning(%s:%d, %s): %s\n", \
__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, #cond) : 0)

+#ifndef WARN_ON_ONCE
+#define WARN_ON_ONCE(cond) WARN_ON(cond)
+#endif
+
#define unlikely(cond) (cond)

/* Copied from lib/string.c */
--
2.34.1