From: Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
To: Mohamad Raizudeen <raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>
Cc: bhelgaas@google.com, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
jkoolstra@xs4all.nl, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alex@shazbot.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: quirks: Fix out-of-bounds MMIO read in nvme_disable_and_flr()
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 08:34:43 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903083443.400dfdc9@shazbot.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903040049.5460-1-raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>
On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 09:30:49 +0530
Mohamad Raizudeen <raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com> wrote:
> In nvme_disable_and_flr(), the PCI bar is mapped using
> NVME_REG_CC + sizeof(cfg) which is (0x14 + 4 = 0x18 bytes)
>
> However, the function later reads the controller status from
> NVME_REG_CSTS - offset 0x1C, which is outside the mapped 0x18 byte
> boundary. Reading past the mapped MMIO region is undefined behavior and
> can return invalid data.
"Undefined behavior" still seems an overstatement. The code violates
the API contract, it should be fixed, but it's effectively harmless
afaict.
> Fix this by increasing the mapping size to include NVME_REG_CSTS.
>
> Fixes: ffb0863426eb9 ("PCI: Disable Samsung SM961/PM961 NVMe before
> FLR") Signed-off-by: Mohamad Raizudeen <raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Changed the commit message to avoid overstating the risk as pointed
> out by Alex Williamson, to be more accurate about the actual
> behavior.
>
> drivers/pci/quirks.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> index b09f27f7846f..ed03892cc960 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;
>
The cfg variable is no longer related to the mapping size now, it
happens to be the same size, but this should be sizeof(u32) to avoid
confusion. Thanks,
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 14:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 4:00 [PATCH v2] PCI: quirks: Fix out-of-bounds MMIO read in nvme_disable_and_flr() Mohamad Raizudeen
2026-09-03 4:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-03 14:34 ` Alex Williamson [this message]
2026-09-03 15:32 ` Mohamad Raizudeen
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