From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Abdurrahman Hussain <abdurrahman@nexthop.ai>,
Alexandru Tachici <alexandru.tachici@analog.com>,
Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) GPIO accessor fixes
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 15:08:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ec6270c-595e-49b2-8465-31b5019de87c@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260516-adm1266-gpio-fixes-v2-0-801f13debcb2@nexthop.ai>
Hi,
On 5/16/26 16:18, Abdurrahman Hussain wrote:
> Five pre-existing bugs in the adm1266 GPIO path that all landed when
> GPIO support was first added (commit d98dfad35c38). Each is
> reachable any time userspace queries an ADM1266 GPIO/PDIO line via
> the gpiolib char-dev or sysfs interfaces, or reads
> debugfs/gpio-<chip>.
>
> Patch 1 caps the PDIO scan loop in adm1266_gpio_get_multiple() at
> ADM1266_PDIO_NR (16) instead of ADM1266_PDIO_STATUS (0xE9 = 233, a
> PMBus command code that ended up in the bound by mistake). As
> written, the scan walks find_next_bit() up to bit 242 across a
> 25-bit caller mask, reading out of bounds and -- if any of that
> incidental memory contains a set bit -- driving a corresponding
> out-of-bounds write to the caller's bits array.
>
> Patch 2 drops a redundant "*bits = 0" reset that sits between the
> GPIO and PDIO halves of adm1266_gpio_get_multiple(). As written,
> the GPIO bits the first loop populates are immediately discarded
> before the PDIO loop runs, so any caller asking for a mix of GPIO
> and PDIO lines sees the GPIO half always reported as 0.
>
> Patch 3 adds the missing "ret < 2" length check after the three
> i2c_smbus_read_block_data() calls in adm1266_gpio_get() and
> adm1266_gpio_get_multiple(). A device returning a 0- or 1-byte
> response would otherwise compose pin status from uninitialised
> stack memory and leak it to userspace via gpiolib.
>
> Patch 4 moves adm1266_config_gpio() past pmbus_do_probe() in
> adm1266_probe() so the gpio_chip isn't registered (and reachable
> from userspace) until the PMBus state the GPIO accessors depend
> on is initialised. This is a prerequisite for patch 5.
>
> Patch 5 takes pmbus_lock at the top of adm1266_gpio_get(),
> adm1266_gpio_get_multiple(), and adm1266_gpio_dbg_show() so the
> GPIO PMBus reads can't land between a PAGE write and the paged
> read pmbus_core does in another thread.
>
> Signed-off-by: Abdurrahman Hussain <abdurrahman@nexthop.ai>
Sashiko reported a number of additional problems. As far as I can
see those are real. Would you mind fixing those issues as well
as part of this series ?
Thanks,
Guenter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-18 22:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-16 23:18 Abdurrahman Hussain
2026-05-16 23:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) cap PDIO scan in get_multiple at ADM1266_PDIO_NR Abdurrahman Hussain
2026-05-16 23:18 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) don't clobber GPIO bits before PDIO read in get_multiple Abdurrahman Hussain
2026-05-16 23:18 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) reject short block-read responses in the GPIO accessors Abdurrahman Hussain
2026-05-16 23:18 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) register the gpio_chip after pmbus_do_probe() Abdurrahman Hussain
2026-05-16 23:18 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) serialize GPIO PMBus accesses with pmbus_lock Abdurrahman Hussain
2026-05-18 9:08 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) GPIO accessor fixes Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-05-18 22:08 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2026-05-19 0:50 ` Abdurrahman Hussain
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