From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Yeoreum Yun" <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Cc: linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/8] coresight: etm4x: introduce struct etm4_caps
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:20:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911112023.31F161F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911-separate_etm_cfg_v2-v10-5-1b715d95927a@arm.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [Critical] Hardware-reported capability counts are used as loop limits without being checked against static array capacities, leading to heap buffer overflows.
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commit 1fb7a47435872f1b7f11824178d098d0258effdc
Author: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
coresight: etm4x: introduce struct etm4_caps
This commit introduces struct etmv4_caps to encapsulate ETMv4 capabilities
and migrates the relevant capability information out of struct etmv4_drvdata
into it.
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -1491,43 +1501,43 @@ static void etm4_init_arch_data(void *info)
[ ... ]
> - drvdata->nr_ss_cmp = FIELD_GET(TRCIDR4_NUMSSCC_MASK, etmidr4);
> - for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_ss_cmp; i++) {
> + caps->nr_ss_cmp = FIELD_GET(TRCIDR4_NUMSSCC_MASK, etmidr4);
> + for (i = 0; i < caps->nr_ss_cmp; i++) {
> drvdata->config.ss_status[i] =
> etm4x_relaxed_read32(csa, TRCSSCSRn(i));
> }
[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this code overflow the ss_status[]
array if the hardware reports a capability count greater than the static array
capacity?
In etm4_init_arch_data(), caps->nr_ss_cmp is read directly from the TRCIDR4
hardware register. The architecture allows this field to be up to 15, but the
arrays like ss_status are fixed in size to ETM_MAX_SS_CMP. Using the
unvalidated hardware capability as a loop limit can lead to a heap buffer
overflow.
[ ... ]
> @@ -1892,57 +1903,56 @@ static int etm4_cpu_save(struct coresight_device *csdev)
[ ... ]
> - for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_ss_cmp; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < caps->nr_ss_cmp; i++) {
> state->trcssccr[i] = etm4x_read32(csa, TRCSSCCRn(i));
> state->trcsscsr[i] = etm4x_read32(csa, TRCSSCSRn(i));
> if (etm4x_sspcicrn_present(drvdata, i))
> state->trcsspcicr[i] = etm4x_read32(csa, TRCSSPCICRn(i));
> }
[Severity: Critical]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but does this loop risk corrupting
the dynamically allocated etmv4_save_state structure?
Similar to the initialization path, etm4_cpu_save() relies on the unvalidated
caps->nr_ss_cmp bound to write into state->trcssccr[] and state->trcsscsr[].
If the hypervisor or hardware provides a larger count, this will overflow the
save state buffers on suspend and resume paths.
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-sysfs.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-sysfs.c
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-sysfs.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -2059,7 +2090,7 @@ static ssize_t ctxid_masks_store(struct device *dev,
[ ... ]
> mask = config->ctxid_mask0;
> - for (i = 0; i < drvdata->numcidc; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < caps->numcidc; i++) {
> /* mask value of corresponding ctxid comparator */
> maskbyte = mask & ETMv4_EVENT_MASK;
> /*
> * each bit corresponds to a byte of respective ctxid comparator
> * value register
> */
> for (j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
> if (maskbyte & 1)
> config->ctxid_pid[i] &= ~(0xFFUL << (j * 8));
[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but could this sysfs-triggered write also
overflow the ctxid_pid[] array?
In ctxid_masks_store(), caps->numcidc is used as the loop bound for updating
config->ctxid_pid[i], which is dimensioned by ETMv4_MAX_CTXID_CMP. Without
clamping the hardware-reported capability, writing to this sysfs node could
result in out-of-bounds memory accesses.
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260911-separate_etm_cfg_v2-v10-0-1b715d95927a@arm.com?part=5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 11:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 10:55 [PATCH v10 0/8] fix several inconsistencies with sysfs configuration in etmX Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 1/8] coresight: etm4x: fix inconsistencies with sysfs configuration Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 11:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 11:29 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 2/8] coresight: etm3x: " Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 11:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 11:28 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 3/8] coresight: etm3x: change drvdata->spinlock type to raw_spin_lock_t Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 11:17 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 11:52 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 4/8] coresight: etm3x: remove redundant cpu online check on etm_enable_sysfs() Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 5/8] coresight: etm4x: introduce struct etm4_caps Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 11:20 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-09-11 11:31 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 6/8] coresight: etm4x: exclude ss_status from drvdata->config Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 11:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 7/8] coresight: etm4x: remove s_ex_level from config Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 8/8] coresight: etm3x: introduce struct etm_caps Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 11:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 11:42 ` Yeoreum Yun
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