From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Guenter Roeck" <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (aspeed-g6-pwm-tach) Guard fan RPM calculation against divide-by-zero
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:33:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260629233303.CB9AD1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260629232305.2013406-1-linux@roeck-us.net>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] The driver maintains a single global `tach_divisor` variable shared across all fan channels, causing cross-channel corruption of RPM calculations.
- [High] Out-of-bounds array write and MMIO access when `tach-ch` values from the device tree exceed the maximum allowed channels.
--
commit f0b2d4a2512939274908261753aaf7016a48ac2e
Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
hwmon: (aspeed-g6-pwm-tach) Guard fan RPM calculation against divide-by-zero
This commit fixes a potential divide-by-zero exception in the
aspeed-g6-pwm-tacho driver. It checks if the calculated tach_div is zero
before calling do_div() and sets the rpm to zero instead, preventing a
kernel panic on invalid tachometer values.
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c b/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c
> index 4f6e6d440dd40..5d611a8e52690 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/aspeed-g6-pwm-tach.c
> @@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ static int aspeed_tach_val_to_rpm(struct aspeed_pwm_tach_data *priv, u32 tach_va
> priv->clk_rate, tach_val, tach_div);
>
> rpm = (u64)priv->clk_rate * 60;
> - do_div(rpm, tach_div);
> + if (tach_div)
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this driver maintain a single global
tach_divisor shared across all fan channels?
Looking at the calculation of tach_div earlier in aspeed_tach_val_to_rpm():
tach_div = tach_val * priv->tach_divisor * DEFAULT_FAN_PULSE_PR;
It appears priv->tach_divisor is a single scalar variable in
aspeed_pwm_tach_data rather than a per-channel array. If a user or thermal
daemon writes to hwmon_fan_div for one channel in aspeed_tach_hwmon_write(),
it overwrites this global priv->tach_divisor.
Subsequent RPM reads for all other channels would then use this overwritten
value instead of their respective hardware-configured divisors, potentially
misleading thermal management daemons with incorrect fan speeds.
> + do_div(rpm, tach_div);
> + else
> + rpm = 0;
>
> return (int)rpm;
> }
[Severity: High]
This is another pre-existing issue in this driver, but is there a risk of
out-of-bounds array writes and MMIO accesses when reading tach-ch values
from the device tree?
In aspeed_create_fan_monitor(), the driver reads raw channel numbers:
ret = of_property_read_u8_array(child, "tach-ch", tach_ch, count);
Then in aspeed_present_fan_tach(), it uses the unvalidated channel value
to index into the statically-sized tach_present array:
priv->tach_present[ch] = true;
It also uses the unvalidated channel value to calculate MMIO offsets:
val = readl(priv->base + TACH_ASPEED_CTRL(ch));
If the device tree provides a channel number that exceeds the maximum
allowed channels, could this corrupt adjacent memory and trigger
out-of-bounds MMIO accesses?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260629232305.2013406-1-linux@roeck-us.net?part=1
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2026-06-29 23:23 [PATCH] hwmon: (aspeed-g6-pwm-tach) Guard fan RPM calculation against divide-by-zero Guenter Roeck
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