From: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
To: linux@roeck-us.net
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (max6620) Add locking to avoid TOCTOU
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:43:51 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251128124351.3778-1-hanguidong02@gmail.com> (raw)
The function max6620_read checks shared data (tach and target) for zero
before passing it to max6620_fan_tach_to_rpm, which uses it as a divisor.
These accesses are currently lockless. If the data changes to zero
between the check and the division, it causes a divide-by-zero error.
Explicitly acquire the update lock around these checks and calculations
to ensure the data remains stable, preventing Time-of-Check to
Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race conditions.
This change also aligns the locking behavior with the hwmon_fan_alarm
case, which already uses the update lock.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CALbr=LYJ_ehtp53HXEVkSpYoub+XYSTU8Rg=o1xxMJ8=5z8B-g@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: e8ac01e5db32 ("hwmon: Add Maxim MAX6620 hardware monitoring driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
---
Based on the discussion in the link, I will submit a series of patches to
address TOCTOU issues in the hwmon subsystem by converting macros to
functions or adjusting locking where appropriate.
---
drivers/hwmon/max6620.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max6620.c b/drivers/hwmon/max6620.c
index 13201fb755c9..0dce2f5cb61b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max6620.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max6620.c
@@ -290,20 +290,24 @@ max6620_read(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type, u32 attr,
*val = max6620_fan_div_from_reg(data->fandyn[channel]);
break;
case hwmon_fan_input:
+ mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
if (data->tach[channel] == 0) {
*val = 0;
} else {
div = max6620_fan_div_from_reg(data->fandyn[channel]);
*val = max6620_fan_tach_to_rpm(div, data->tach[channel]);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
break;
case hwmon_fan_target:
+ mutex_lock(&data->update_lock);
if (data->target[channel] == 0) {
*val = 0;
} else {
div = max6620_fan_div_from_reg(data->fandyn[channel]);
*val = max6620_fan_tach_to_rpm(div, data->target[channel]);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&data->update_lock);
break;
default:
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-28 12:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-28 12:43 Gui-Dong Han [this message]
2025-11-28 16:34 ` [PATCH] hwmon: (max6620) Add locking to avoid TOCTOU Guenter Roeck
2025-11-28 17:59 ` Gui-Dong Han
2025-11-28 18:09 ` Guenter Roeck
2025-11-28 20:06 ` david laight
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