From: Sumeet Pawnikar <sumeet4linux@gmail.com>
To: lukasz.luba@arm.com, rafael@kernel.org,
daniel.lezcano@kernel.org, rui.zhang@intel.com,
linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sumeet4linux@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] thermal: gov_power_allocator: Fix NULL pointer dereference in update_tz()
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:12:36 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260822114236.15998-1-sumeet4linux@gmail.com> (raw)
power_allocator_update_tz() unconditionally derives the trip descriptor of
params->trip_max as below,
const struct thermal_trip_desc *td = trip_to_trip_desc(params->trip_max);
and then walks td->thermal_instances. However, params->trip_max is allowed
to be NULL and in that case the list walk dereferences a bogus pointer
derived from NULL which oops the kernel.
get_governor_trips() picks trip_switch_on and trip_max out of the trip
table of the zone. When the zone has neither a passive nor an active trip
point, last_active is NULL and params->trip_max is left NULL. This is an
explicitly supported configuration, as documented in the function
get_governor_trips() as below,
If there are no passive or active trip points, then the governor won't
do anything. In fact, its throttle function won't be called at all.
Return early from power_allocator_update_tz() when params->trip_max is NULL
and only compute the trip descriptor after that check. There is nothing to
update in that case anyway, with no trip_max and there are no thermal
instances for the governor to account for, num_actors stays zero and
total_weight is irrelevant.
Fixes: 912e97c67cc3 ("thermal: gov_power_allocator: Move memory allocation out of throttle()")
Signed-off-by: Sumeet Pawnikar <sumeet4linux@gmail.com>
---
drivers/thermal/gov_power_allocator.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/gov_power_allocator.c b/drivers/thermal/gov_power_allocator.c
index 37f2e22a999e..b5c254187628 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/gov_power_allocator.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/gov_power_allocator.c
@@ -660,10 +660,15 @@ static void power_allocator_update_tz(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
enum thermal_notify_event reason)
{
struct power_allocator_params *params = tz->governor_data;
- const struct thermal_trip_desc *td = trip_to_trip_desc(params->trip_max);
+ const struct thermal_trip_desc *td;
struct thermal_instance *instance;
int num_actors = 0;
+ if (!params->trip_max)
+ return;
+
+ td = trip_to_trip_desc(params->trip_max);
+
switch (reason) {
case THERMAL_TZ_BIND_CDEV:
case THERMAL_TZ_UNBIND_CDEV:
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-22 11:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-22 11:42 Sumeet Pawnikar [this message]
2026-09-07 7:51 ` [PATCH] thermal: gov_power_allocator: Fix NULL pointer dereference in update_tz() Lukasz Luba
2026-09-11 13:43 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
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