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From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: abbotti@mev.co.uk, hsweeten@visionengravers.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+72f94b474d6e50b71ffc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] comedi: dt2815: add hardware detection to prevent crash
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:34:58 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260126070458.10974-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)

The dt2815 driver crashes when attached to I/O ports without actual
hardware present. This occurs because syzkaller or users can attach
the driver to arbitrary I/O addresses via COMEDI_DEVCONFIG ioctl.

When no hardware exists at the specified port, inb() operations return
0xff (floating bus), but outb() operations can trigger page faults due
to undefined behavior, especially under race conditions:

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000007fffff90
  #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
  RIP: 0010:dt2815_attach+0x6e0/0x1110

Add hardware detection by reading the status register before attempting
any write operations. If the read returns 0xff, assume no hardware is
present and fail the attach with -ENODEV. This prevents crashes from
outb() operations on non-existent hardware.

Reported-by: syzbot+72f94b474d6e50b71ffc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=72f94b474d6e50b71ffc
Tested-by: syzbot+72f94b474d6e50b71ffc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c b/drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c
index 03ba2fd18a21..7c642860f127 100644
--- a/drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c
+++ b/drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c
@@ -175,6 +175,18 @@ static int dt2815_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_devconfig *it)
 		    ? current_range_type : voltage_range_type;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Check if hardware is present before attempting any I/O operations.
+	 * Reading 0xff from status register typically indicates no hardware
+	 * on the bus (floating bus reads as all 1s).
+	 */
+	if (inb(dev->iobase + DT2815_STATUS) == 0xff) {
+		dev_err(dev->class_dev,
+			"No hardware detected at I/O base 0x%lx\n",
+			dev->iobase);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	/* Init the 2815 */
 	outb(0x00, dev->iobase + DT2815_STATUS);
 	for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-01-26  7:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-26  7:04 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2026-01-26 13:04 ` Ian Abbott
2026-03-07  0:59   ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-03-09 10:39     ` Ian Abbott
2026-03-09 10:48 Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-03-15  2:18 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-03-31  8:42   ` Deepanshu Kartikey

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