[PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (lm63) Convert macro to function to avoid TOCTOU

Gui-Dong Han
2026-04-16T09:08:27Z

The macro FAN_FROM_REG evaluates its argument multiple times. When used
in lockless code accessing shared driver data, this can cause a
Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race and potentially a
divide-by-zero error.

Convert the macro to a static function so that the register value is
evaluated only once.

Check the other conversion macros in the driver as well. Keep them
unchanged because they either do not evaluate arguments multiple times
or are only used from locked code paths.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/CALbr=LYJ_ehtp53HXEVkSpYoub+XYSTU8Rg=o1xxMJ8=5z8B-g@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
---
While learning the hwmon driver code, I found a few more potential
TOCTOU problems in drivers still using the older non-_with_info() APIs.
Fix them.
---
drivers/hwmon/lm63.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm63.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm63.c
index 035176a98ce9..da132b267c58 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm63.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm63.c
@@ -109,8 +109,14 @@ static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { 0x18, 0x4c, 0x4e, I2C_CLIENT_END };
* adapted accordingly.
*/

-#define FAN_FROM_REG(reg) ((reg) == 0xFFFC || (reg) == 0 ? 0 : \
- 5400000 / (reg))
+static int fan_from_reg(int reg)
+{
+ if (reg == 0xFFFC || reg == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ return 5400000 / reg;
+}
+
#define FAN_TO_REG(val) ((val) <= 82 ? 0xFFFC : \
(5400000 / (val)) & 0xFFFC)
#define TEMP8_FROM_REG(reg) ((reg) * 1000)
@@ -333,7 +339,7 @@ static ssize_t show_fan(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *devattr,
{
struct sensor_device_attribute *attr = to_sensor_dev_attr(devattr);
struct lm63_data *data = lm63_update_device(dev);
- return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", FAN_FROM_REG(data->fan[attr->index]));
+ return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", fan_from_reg(data->fan[attr->index]));
}

static ssize_t set_fan(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *dummy,
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