From: Unnathi Chalicheemala <unnathi.chalicheemala@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@kernel.org>,
Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
kernel@oss.qualcomm.com,
Trilok Soni <trilok.soni@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Satya Durga Srinivasu Prabhala <satya.prabhala@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Unnathi Chalicheemala <unnathi.chalicheemala@oss.qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] firmware: arm_ffa: Fix NULL dereference in ffa_partition_info_get()
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:35:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260617-ffa_partition_nullptr_fix-v2-1-bc801b4ce34c@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
ffa_partition_info_get() passes uuid_str directly to uuid_parse()
without a NULL check. When a caller passes NULL, uuid_parse() ->
__uuid_parse() -> uuid_is_valid() dereferences the pointer, causing
a kernel panic:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000040
pc : uuid_parse+0x40/0xac
lr : ffa_partition_info_get+0x1c/0x94 [arm_ffa]
Add a NULL guard before uuid_parse() so a NULL argument returns
-ENODEV instead of crashing. Callers are expected to always supply
a valid partition UUID, so NULL is not a supported input.
Fixes: d0c0bce83122 ("firmware: arm_ffa: Setup in-kernel users of FFA partitions")
Signed-off-by: Unnathi Chalicheemala <unnathi.chalicheemala@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Drop special-casing of NULL/empty string to uuid_null; treat NULL as
an error instead - as pointed out by Sudeep in v1.
- Simplify to a single NULL guard before uuid_parse() rather than a
separate branch
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611-ffa_partition_nullptr_fix-v1-1-ec2b7ef7e130@oss.qualcomm.com
---
drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
index b9f17fda7243..4090be782329 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static int ffa_partition_info_get(const char *uuid_str,
uuid_t uuid;
struct ffa_partition_info *pbuf;
- if (uuid_parse(uuid_str, &uuid)) {
+ if (!uuid_str || uuid_parse(uuid_str, &uuid)) {
pr_err("invalid uuid (%s)\n", uuid_str);
return -ENODEV;
}
---
base-commit: ba3e43a9e601636f5edb54e259a74f96ca3b8fd8
change-id: 20260604-ffa_partition_nullptr_fix-66f37bb2630b
Best regards,
--
Unnathi Chalicheemala <unnathi.chalicheemala@oss.qualcomm.com>
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-17 23:35 UTC|newest]
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