Re: [PATCH v2] cxl/region: Validate partition index before array access

[Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>]

On 4/13/26 7:45 PM, KobaK wrote:
> From: Koba Ko <kobak@nvidia.com>
> 
> construct_region() reads cxled->part and uses it to index
> cxlds->part[] without checking for a negative value. If the
> partition was never resolved, part remains at its initial value
> of -1, causing an out-of-bounds array access.
> 
> Add a guard to return -EBUSY when part is negative.
> 
> Fixes: be5cbd084027 ("cxl: Kill enum cxl_decoder_mode")
> Signed-off-by: Koba Ko <kobak@nvidia.com>

Applied to cxl/next
abb3c0de1190

> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/region.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> index edc267c6cf77..de749b54fd62 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> @@ -3712,6 +3712,9 @@ static struct cxl_region *construct_region(struct cxl_root_decoder *cxlrd,
>  	int rc, part = READ_ONCE(cxled->part);
>  	struct cxl_region *cxlr;
>  
> +	if (part < 0)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
> +
>  	do {
>  		cxlr = __create_region(cxlrd, cxlds->part[part].mode,
>  				       atomic_read(&cxlrd->region_id),