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Authored by markj on Oct 13 2025, 12:41 PM.
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Summary

In parse_notes we validate that the note name fits within the note
buffer, but we do not do the same for the note data, so there is some
potential for an OOB read in the note handler. Add a bounds check.

Reported by: Ilja Van Sprundel <ivansprundel@ioactive.com>

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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Oct 13 2025, 2:37 PM
kib added inline comments.
sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
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markj marked 2 inline comments as done.
  • Fix an unrelated typo
  • Perform a single check
This revision now requires review to proceed.Oct 14 2025, 1:46 PM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Oct 14 2025, 2:07 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.