From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
Subject: [PATCH] param: return error when assigning empty string
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 13:49:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260507114919.1366520-1-a.fatoum@barebox.org> (raw)
The fallback path that allows specifying enum values by index returns an
error if *endp != '\0' to account for invalid values like my.enum.param=1z.
This fails to account for the corner case of the empty string which
would also have *endp == '\0; with idx being the default 0.
Check for that explicitly and return an error.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
---
lib/parameter.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/parameter.c b/lib/parameter.c
index f4e62cc1ae87..e98739725fe2 100644
--- a/lib/parameter.c
+++ b/lib/parameter.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static int param_enum_set(struct bobject *bobj, struct param_d *p,
char *endp;
unsigned long idx = simple_strtoul(val, &endp, 0);
- if (*endp || idx >= pe->num_names || !pe->names[idx])
+ if (*endp || endp == val || idx >= pe->num_names || !pe->names[idx])
return -EINVAL;
pr_warn("setting %s.%s by index is not stable, use \"%s\" instead\n",
--
2.47.3
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