Re: [PATCH] dma: loongson2-apb-cmc: fix NULL deref in residue computation

[Frank Li <Frank.li@nxp.com>]

On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 07:31:53AM +0500, Stepan Ionichev wrote:
> loongson2_cmc_dma_desc_residue() takes a "desc" parameter that is the
> descriptor whose residue should be computed. The body uses it
> correctly via "desc->num_sgs" and "desc->sg_req[i].len", but the
> cyclic check incorrectly looks at the channel's stale current
> descriptor instead:
>
> 	if (lchan->desc->cyclic && next_sg == 0)
> 		return residue;
>
> This breaks when the function is called from the vdesc fallback path
> of loongson2_cmc_dma_tx_status():
>
> 	if (lchan->desc && cookie == lchan->desc->vdesc.tx.cookie)
> 		state->residue = ...desc_residue(lchan, lchan->desc, ...);
> 	else if (vdesc)
> 		state->residue = ...desc_residue(lchan, to_lmdma_desc(vdesc), 0);
>
> The else-if branch is taken precisely when "lchan->desc" is NULL or
> points to a different descriptor than the one being queried, so
> dereferencing "lchan->desc->cyclic" inside the helper either NULL-
> derefs or reads the wrong descriptor's flag.
>
> smatch flags this:
>
>   drivers/dma/loongson/loongson2-apb-cmc-dma.c:516
>   loongson2_cmc_dma_tx_status() error: we previously assumed

remove "we previously assumed"

>   'lchan->desc' could be null (see line 512)
>
> Use the "desc" parameter, matching how the rest of the function
> already accesses fields of the descriptor under inspection.
>

fix tags here.

Frank

> Signed-off-by: Stepan Ionichev <sozdayvek@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/loongson/loongson2-apb-cmc-dma.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/loongson/loongson2-apb-cmc-dma.c b/drivers/dma/loongson/loongson2-apb-cmc-dma.c
> index 1c9a542ed..3b02bcd75 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/loongson/loongson2-apb-cmc-dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/loongson/loongson2-apb-cmc-dma.c
> @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static size_t loongson2_cmc_dma_desc_residue(struct loongson2_cmc_dma_chan *lcha
>  	ndtr = loongson2_cmc_dma_read(lddev, LOONGSON2_CMCDMA_CNDTR, lchan->id);
>  	residue = ndtr << width;
>
> -	if (lchan->desc->cyclic && next_sg == 0)
> +	if (desc->cyclic && next_sg == 0)
>  		return residue;
>
>  	for (i = next_sg; i < desc->num_sgs; i++)
> --
> 2.43.0
>