Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: ppc4xx: check dma_map_page() errors in probe

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

On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 02:43:34PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> In ppc440spe_adma_probe() the helper pages are mapped with
> dma_map_page() but the returned DMA address is never validated with
> dma_mapping_error(). On 440SPe the mapping goes through the
> SWIOTLB/direct map, which can fail under memory pressure or with an
> IOMMU, returning DMA_MAPPING_ERROR. The bogus address would then be
> programmed into the CDBs used by the async validation and
> mult/sum_product operations, causing the engine to DMA to or from
> arbitrary memory and corrupt data.
>
> Fail the probe when either mapping fails, freeing the pages and
> unmapping the first page if the second mapping fails.
>
> Fixes: 12458ea06efd7 ("ppc440spe-adma: adds updated ppc440spe adma driver")
> Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/ppc4xx/adma.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/ppc4xx/adma.c b/drivers/dma/ppc4xx/adma.c
> index 279a431ccae3..89e778896d7a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/ppc4xx/adma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/ppc4xx/adma.c
> @@ -4156,8 +4156,22 @@ static int ppc440spe_adma_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
>  		}
>  		chan->pdest = dma_map_page(&ofdev->dev, chan->pdest_page, 0,
>  					   PAGE_SIZE, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
> +		if (dma_mapping_error(&ofdev->dev, chan->pdest)) {
> +			__free_page(chan->pdest_page);
> +			__free_page(chan->qdest_page);

put these to lable out

Frank

> +			ret = -ENOMEM;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
>  		chan->qdest = dma_map_page(&ofdev->dev, chan->qdest_page, 0,
>  					   PAGE_SIZE, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
> +		if (dma_mapping_error(&ofdev->dev, chan->qdest)) {
> +			dma_unmap_page(&ofdev->dev, chan->pdest,
> +				       PAGE_SIZE, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
> +			__free_page(chan->pdest_page);
> +			__free_page(chan->qdest_page);
> +			ret = -ENOMEM;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
>  	}
>
>  	ref = kmalloc_obj(*ref);
> --
> 2.55.0
>