[PATCH v2 RESEND] iommu/riscv: check pte null pointer before use

[PATCH v2 RESEND] iommu/riscv: check pte null pointer before use

[XianLiang Huang]

The riscv_iommu_pte_fetch can return NULL when the provided iova is not
yet mapped, the caller should check if the returned pointer is NULL or
not, but riscv_iommu_iova_to_phys missed this, which will then lead to
a kernel panic.

Check the pointer before using it to avoid the bug. Now, when
iova_to_phys is called with an unmapped iova, the kernel will not crash
here.

Fixes: 488ffbf18171 ("iommu/riscv: Paging domain support")
Cc: Tomasz Jeznach <tjeznach@rivosinc.com>
Signed-off-by: XianLiang Huang <huangxianliang@lanxincomputing.com>
---
Changelog
v2:
- Update change description
- Add "Fixes" tag

 drivers/iommu/riscv/iommu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/riscv/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/riscv/iommu.c
index 2d0d31ba2886..b0186faa0300 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/riscv/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/riscv/iommu.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static phys_addr_t riscv_iommu_iova_to_phys(struct iommu_domain *iommu_domain,
 	unsigned long *ptr;
 
 	ptr = riscv_iommu_pte_fetch(domain, iova, &pte_size);
-	if (_io_pte_none(*ptr) || !_io_pte_present(*ptr))
+	if (!ptr || _io_pte_none(*ptr) || !_io_pte_present(*ptr))
 		return 0;
 
 	return pfn_to_phys(__page_val_to_pfn(*ptr)) | (iova & (pte_size - 1));
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH v?] iommu/riscv: check pte null pointer before use

[Markus Elfring]

…> Check the pointer before using it to avoid the bug. …

Would a summary phrase like “Prevent null pointer dereference in riscv_iommu_iova_to_phys()”
be also helpful?

Regards,
Markus

Re: Re: [PATCH v?] iommu/riscv: check pte null pointer before use

[XianLiang Huang]

Sure, 'prevent' is much appropriate than 'check' here...

Prevent null pointer dereference in riscv_iommu_iova_to_phys(). Now, when
it's called with an unmapped iova, the kernel will not crash here.

Re: [v?] iommu/riscv: check pte null pointer before use

[Markus Elfring]

> Sure, 'prevent' is much appropriate than 'check' here...

I propose to reconsider also different effects from your wording approaches
according to the summary phrase and more detailed change description.

Regards,
Markus

Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND] iommu/riscv: check pte null pointer before use

[Paul Walmsley]

Hi,

On Thu, 7 Aug 2025, XianLiang Huang wrote:

> The riscv_iommu_pte_fetch can return NULL when the provided iova is not
> yet mapped, the caller should check if the returned pointer is NULL or
> not, but riscv_iommu_iova_to_phys missed this, which will then lead to
> a kernel panic.
> 
> Check the pointer before using it to avoid the bug. Now, when
> iova_to_phys is called with an unmapped iova, the kernel will not crash
> here.
> 
> Fixes: 488ffbf18171 ("iommu/riscv: Paging domain support")
> Cc: Tomasz Jeznach <tjeznach@rivosinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: XianLiang Huang <huangxianliang@lanxincomputing.com>

Going through some of the Patchwork backlog.  The code that this patch 
changes no longer appears to exist.  Care to take a look to see if 
something like this is still appropriate?

thanks,


- Paul