From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Mohamad Raizudeen" <raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: quirks: Fix out-of-bounds MMIO read in nvme_disable_and_flr()
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:34:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260817093405.26EE91F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260817092448.4395-1-raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] This problem wasn't introduced by this patch, but missing checks for PCI device disconnect (0xFFFFFFFF) in MMIO reads cause a 128-second kernel thread stall.
--
--- Patch [1]: [PATCH] PCI: quirks: Fix out-of-bounds MMIO read in nvme_disable_and_flr() ---
commit df33f68f6dbf217384a1bdde080cb5742ca0e99d
Author: Mohamad Raizudeen <raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>
PCI: quirks: Fix out-of-bounds MMIO read in nvme_disable_and_flr()
This commit fixes an out-of-bounds MMIO read in nvme_disable_and_flr() by
increasing the mapped area size to include the NVME_REG_CSTS register.
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> index b09f27f7846fc..ed03892cc960e 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> @@ -4090,7 +4090,7 @@ static int nvme_disable_and_flr(struct pci_dev *dev, bool probe)
> if (probe)
> return 0;
>
> - bar = pci_iomap(dev, 0, NVME_REG_CC + sizeof(cfg));
> + bar = pci_iomap(dev, 0, NVME_REG_CSTS + sizeof(cfg));
> if (!bar)
> return -ENOTTY;
>
> pci_read_config_word(dev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd);
> pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_COMMAND, cmd | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY);
>
> cfg = readl(bar + NVME_REG_CC);
>
> /* Disable controller if enabled */
> if (cfg & NVME_CC_ENABLE) {
> u32 cap = readl(bar + NVME_REG_CAP);
> unsigned long timeout;
[ ... ]
> timeout = ((NVME_CAP_TIMEOUT(cap) + 1) * HZ / 2) + jiffies;
>
> for (;;) {
> u32 status = readl(bar + NVME_REG_CSTS);
>
> /* Ready status becomes zero on disable complete */
> if (!(status & NVME_CSTS_RDY))
> break;
>
> msleep(100);
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this function properly handle PCI
device disconnects?
If a PCIe device drops off the bus or encounters a fatal error, MMIO reads
such as readl(bar + NVME_REG_CC) will return 0xFFFFFFFF. Because 0xFFFFFFFF
passes the cfg & NVME_CC_ENABLE check, the code will erroneously enter this
block.
It will then read 0xFFFFFFFF from NVME_REG_CAP, resulting in a maximum
timeout of 128 seconds. The loop continuously reads 0xFFFFFFFF for
NVME_REG_CSTS, which fails the NVME_CSTS_RDY check, causing the kernel
thread to sleep for 100ms in a loop for the full 128 seconds.
Could this cause system management threads like VFIO teardown or PCI hotplug
workers to stall?
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260817092448.4395-1-raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-17 9:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-17 9:24 [PATCH] PCI: quirks: Fix out-of-bounds MMIO read in nvme_disable_and_flr() Mohamad Raizudeen
2026-08-17 9:34 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-09-02 17:51 ` Alex Williamson
2026-09-03 3:24 ` Mohamad Raizudeen
2026-09-03 4:21 ` Alex Williamson
2026-09-03 6:07 ` Mohamad Raizudeen
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