From: suryasaimadhu <suryasaimadhu369@gmail.com>
To: andy@kernel.org
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
suryasaimadhu <suryasaimadhu369@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: fix unaligned access and buffer size when startbyte is used
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:30:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625103041.281190-1-suryasaimadhu369@gmail.com> (raw)
When par->startbyte is non-zero, buf is advanced by one byte creating
an unaligned pointer for 16-bit types (u16, __be16). Dereferencing this
unaligned pointer can cause a kernel panic on strict-alignment
architectures.
Fix by using put_unaligned() instead of direct pointer dereference.
Also fix incorrect buffer size calculation in fbtft_write_buf_dc() call:
len * (sizeof(data_type) + offset) /* wrong: multiplies offset by len */
len * sizeof(data_type) + offset /* correct: one startbyte +
len items */
Signed-off-by: suryasaimadhu <suryasaimadhu369@gmail.com>
---
drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c
index 2169f8d1d..cfcf4d7e7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
#include "fbtft.h"
+#include <linux/unaligned.h>
/*****************************************************************************
*
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ void func(struct fbtft_par *par, int len, ...) \
offset = 1; \
} \
\
- *buf = modifier((data_type)va_arg(args, unsigned int)); \
+ put_unaligned(modifier((data_type)va_arg(args, unsigned int)), buf); \
ret = fbtft_write_buf_dc(par, par->buf, sizeof(data_type) + offset, \
0); \
if (ret < 0) \
@@ -52,11 +53,13 @@ void func(struct fbtft_par *par, int len, ...) \
\
if (len) { \
i = len; \
- while (i--) \
- *buf++ = modifier((data_type)va_arg(args, \
- unsigned int)); \
+ while (i--) { \
+ put_unaligned(modifier((data_type)va_arg(args, \
+ unsigned int)), buf); \
+ buf++; \
+ } \
fbtft_write_buf_dc(par, par->buf, \
- len * (sizeof(data_type) + offset), 1); \
+ len * sizeof(data_type) + offset, 1); \
} \
out: \
va_end(args); \
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-25 10:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-25 10:30 suryasaimadhu [this message]
2026-06-25 14:08 ` [PATCH] staging: fbtft: fix unaligned access and buffer size when startbyte is used Andy Shevchenko
2026-06-26 6:48 ` David Laight
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