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diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index a03ee4b11134..324a9a3c087a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -849,6 +849,26 @@ static void fw_log_firmware_info(const struct firmware *fw, const char *name,
{}
#endif
+/*
+ * Reject firmware file names with ".." path components.
+ * There are drivers that construct firmware file names from device-supplied
+ * strings, and we don't want some device to be able to tell us "I would like to
+ * be sent my firmware from ../../../etc/shadow, please".
+ *
+ * Search for ".." surrounded by either '/' or start/end of string.
+ *
+ * This intentionally only looks at the firmware name, not at the firmware base
+ * directory or at symlink contents.
+ */
+static bool name_contains_dotdot(const char *name)
+{
+ size_t name_len = strlen(name);
+
+ return strcmp(name, "..") == 0 || strncmp(name, "../", 3) == 0 ||
+ strstr(name, "/../") != NULL ||
+ (name_len >= 3 && strcmp(name+name_len-3, "/..") == 0);
+}
+
/* called from request_firmware() and request_firmware_work_func() */
static int
_request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
@@ -869,6 +889,14 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
goto out;
}
+ if (name_contains_dotdot(name)) {
+ dev_warn(device,
+ "Firmware load for '%s' refused, path contains '..' component\n",
+ name);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
ret = _request_firmware_prepare(&fw, name, device, buf, size,
offset, opt_flags);
if (ret <= 0) /* error or already assigned */
@@ -946,6 +974,8 @@ out:
* @name will be used as $FIRMWARE in the uevent environment and
* should be distinctive enough not to be confused with any other
* firmware image for this or any other device.
+ * It must not contain any ".." path components - "foo/bar..bin" is
+ * allowed, but "foo/../bar.bin" is not.
*
* Caller must hold the reference count of @device.
*