[PATCH] cxl/region: Fix NULL pointer within p->targets[]

[Li Ming <ming.li@zohomail.com>]

cxl_region_remove_target() leaves a NULL pointer in the slot of the
removable endpoint decoder in p->targets array. However, p->targets
array replies on p->nr_targets to determine validity, which means when
p->nr_targets == p->interleave_ways, driver assumes all elements from
index 0 to (p->nr_targets - 1) are valid. The stale NULL pointer
violates this assumption and causes the driver to treat a NULL pointer
as a valid endpoint decoder.

To fix this issue, when a endpoint decoder is removed by
cxl_region_remove_target(), always swap the last valid endpoint decoder
pointer into the slot of removal endpoint decoder to ensure all pointers
before p->targets[p->nr_targets] are valid.

Fixes: 809ccef5385f ("cxl/region: Fix out-of-bounds access in cxl_cancel_auto_attach()")
Suggested-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Li Ming <ming.li@zohomail.com>
---
 drivers/cxl/core/region.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
index e90c024c8036..54018db87a4c 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
@@ -2220,7 +2220,15 @@ static int cxl_region_remove_target(struct device *dev, void *data)
 			p->nr_targets--;
 			cxled->state = CXL_DECODER_STATE_AUTO;
 			cxled->pos = -1;
-			p->targets[i] = NULL;
+
+			/*
+			 * Swap the last valid target into the slot to
+			 * ensure no invalid target in p->nr_targets range.
+			 * The targets array will be re-sorted during the
+			 * last endpoint decoder attaching again.
+			 */
+			p->targets[i] = p->targets[p->nr_targets];
+			p->targets[p->nr_targets] = NULL;
 
 			return 1;
 		}

---
base-commit: 809ccef5385fa1779c7db3de43272f3fc6a87a45
change-id: 20260530-fix_null_in_targets_array-124303a8ba0f

Best regards,
-- 
Li Ming <ming.li@zohomail.com>