From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Joonwon Kang <joonwonkang@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, jassisinghbrar@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sashal@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mailbox: Prevent out-of-bounds access in of_mbox_index_xlate()
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 10:10:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026030417-shudder-value-27ca@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260304073052.3224244-1-joonwonkang@google.com>
On Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 07:30:52AM +0000, Joonwon Kang wrote:
> [ Upstream commit fcd7f96c783626c07ee3ed75fa3739a8a2052310 ]
>
> Although it is guided that `#mbox-cells` must be at least 1, there are
> many instances of `#mbox-cells = <0>;` in the device tree. If that is
> the case and the corresponding mailbox controller does not provide
> `fw_xlate` and of_xlate` function pointers, `of_mbox_index_xlate()` will
> be used by default and out-of-bounds accesses could occur due to lack of
> bounds check in that function.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Joonwon Kang <joonwonkang@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>
> [ changed sp->nargs to sp->args_count in the code and
> fw_mbox_index_xlate() to of_mbox_index_xlate() in the commit message. ]
> Signed-off-by: Joonwon Kang <joonwonkang@google.com>
> ---
> drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
What kernel tree(s) is this for?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-04 9:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-04 7:30 [PATCH] mailbox: Prevent out-of-bounds access in of_mbox_index_xlate() Joonwon Kang
2026-03-04 9:10 ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-03-04 11:01 ` Joonwon Kang
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