add image update payload builders (gen5) by abdulsaheel · Pull Request #85 · OpenStrap/protocol

abdulsaheel · 2026-11-12T19:36:59Z

pure payload builders for the four image update commands (start, load, verify, commit). nothing sends them; edge gates the flow behind an opt-in build flag. no image data, no sources.

Summary by Sourcery

Add safe, non-transmitting builders for Gen5 firmware image update payloads.

New Features:

Add publicly exported Gen5 firmware image update constants and pure payload/chunk-count helpers for staged image operations.

Enhancements:

Validate image load chunk sizes and offsets before constructing payloads.

Tests:

Add coverage for payload encoding, input validation, chunk-count rounding, and dangerous-command gating.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added firmware-update protocol support, including commands for starting a load, sending image data, verifying an image, and processing it.
- Added helpers to format data payloads and calculate the number of 128-byte chunks needed for an image. Invalid empty or oversized payloads are rejected.

sourcery-ai · 2026-11-12T19:37:05Z

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API

Expose the gen5 firmware-update payload builders and helpers, including load-data validation and little-endian offset encoding.

lib/openstrap_protocol.dart L103
lib/src/firmware_update.dart L1-51

Tests

Test load-payload layout and validation, chunk counting, and registration of dangerous update commands.

test/firmware_update_test.dart L1-31

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The protocol package now exports gen5 firmware-update opcodes and helpers. The helpers encode validated load-data payloads and calculate image chunk counts.

Changes: Firmware update helpers

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define and expose firmware-update helpers `lib/src/firmware_update.dart`, `lib/openstrap_protocol.dart`, `test/firmware_update_test.dart`	Adds firmware-update command constants, load-data payload encoding, and chunk-count calculation. The barrel exports the API. Tests cover payload layout, invalid data sizes, chunk-count rounding, and command-guard membership.

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Change: Feature

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 1d580

The new firmware-update payload builders can silently encode a wrong offset or altered data bytes instead of rejecting bad input. The opt-in documentation also disagrees with the command guard for the verify command. The builders send nothing and are opt-in, so the impact is bounded, but these should be fixed or clarified before merge.

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Title check		The title "add image update payload builders (gen5)" matches the main change. The PR adds the FwUpdate class with payload builders for the gen5 firmware-update opcodes (start, load data, verify, proce…
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The title "add image update payload builders (gen5)" matches the main change. The PR adds the FwUpdate class with payload builders for the gen5 firmware-update opcodes (start, load data, verify, process image), and the barrel exports it. The title does not mention the opt-in safety gating, but it names the primary change and does not describe anything absent from the changeset.

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## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
<location path="lib/src/firmware_update.dart" line_range="7" />
<code_context>
+//
+//   0x8E start load     [0x01]
+//   0x8F load data      [0x01][offset u32 LE][len u8][data]
+//   0x53 verify image   [0x01]
+//   0x90 process image  [0x01]   — commit; cannot be undone from the host.
+//
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Verification bypasses opt-in**

When a caller relies on `dangerousCmds` to gate image-update commands and has not opted in, `dangerousCmds` omits `FwUpdate.verifyImage`'s opcode `0x53`, so the generic guard permits verification without `allowDangerous`, contrary to the requirement that all four update opcodes need opt-in.

Add opcode `0x53` to `dangerousCmds` and cover verification in the guard test.

Also at `lib/src/firmware_update.dart:17-18`.
</issue_to_address>

### Comment 2
<location path="lib/src/firmware_update.dart" line_range="43" />
<code_context>
+    return b.toBytes();
+  }
+
+  static int chunkCount(int imageLen) => (imageLen + chunk - 1) ~/ chunk;
+}
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Negative lengths produce invalid counts**

When a caller passes a negative `imageLen`, `chunkCount` applies its rounding formula without validating `imageLen`, returning zero for some negative lengths and a negative count for others; callers can treat these results as valid workflow counts instead of receiving an argument error.

Reject negative `imageLen` values before computing the chunk count.
</issue_to_address>

Sourcery assessment

Needs a human reviewer. 2 findings to address first, and if a payload is encoded incorrectly and a caller sends it through the explicit dangerous-command path, the device could stage the wrong image and process it, potentially leaving it unable to boot. Reverting removes the builders but cannot restore firmware already committed on a device.

Blocking findings: lib/src/firmware_update.dart:7, lib/src/firmware_update.dart:43

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+//
+//   0x8E start load     [0x01]
+//   0x8F load data      [0x01][offset u32 LE][len u8][data]
+//   0x53 verify image   [0x01]


🟡 Medium · Verification bypasses opt-in

When a caller relies on dangerousCmds to gate image-update commands and has not opted in, dangerousCmds omits FwUpdate.verifyImage's opcode 0x53, so the generic guard permits verification without allowDangerous, contrary to the requirement that all four update opcodes need opt-in.

Add opcode 0x53 to dangerousCmds and cover verification in the guard test.

Also at lib/src/firmware_update.dart:17-18.

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In `lib/src/firmware_update.dart` at line 7: **Verification bypasses opt-in** When a caller relies on `dangerousCmds` to gate image-update commands and has not opted in, `dangerousCmds` omits `FwUpdate.verifyImage`'s opcode `0x53`, so the generic guard permits verification without `allowDangerous`, contrary to the requirement that all four update opcodes need opt-in. Add opcode `0x53` to `dangerousCmds` and cover verification in the guard test. Also at `lib/src/firmware_update.dart:17-18`.

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Review comments at @lib/src/firmware_update.dart:
- Line 39: Validate each value passed to the data builder in loadDataPayload and
reject values below 0 or above 255 before adding the data, preserving valid byte
values unchanged. Add tests covering both out-of-range boundaries, -1 and 256.
- Line 35: Update loadDataPayload to validate that offset is within the unsigned
32-bit range before serializing it, rejecting negative and overflowing values
rather than allowing truncation. Add tests covering both out-of-range cases
while preserving the existing valid-offset behavior.
- Around line 2-3: Reconcile the header’s opt-in guarantee with the generic
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coderabbitai · 2026-11-12T19:40:13Z

+// here sends anything, and none of these opcodes may leave the host without
+// the caller's explicit allowDangerous opt-in (all four are destructive).


Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Align the opt-in guarantee with the generic guard.

The header requires allowDangerous for all four opcodes. However, verifyImage is 0x53, which is absent from dangerousCmds in lib/src/constants.dart, Lines 270–316. A caller that relies on this set will not require opt-in for verification.

If verification requires opt-in, add it to the guard and its tests. If verification is intentionally exempt, correct this header. The supplied evidence does not establish that verification is destructive.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-12T19:40:13Z

+          .buffer
+          .asUint8List())
+      ..addByte(data.length)
+      ..add(data);


Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Reject data values outside the byte range.

loadDataPayload(0, [-1, 256]) passes the length check. BytesBuilder.add truncates these values to [255, 0], so the builder silently changes the supplied image data. This behavior is documented in the Dart 3.5 implementation. Reject values outside 0..255 before adding the data. Add tests for both boundaries. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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		// the caller's explicit allowDangerous opt-in (all four are destructive).

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