From: Gou Hao <gouhao@uniontech.com>
To: maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
chleroy@kernel.org, namcao@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org,
sshegde@linux.ibm.com, kees@kernel.org,
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akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
gouhaojake@163.com, kernel@uniontech.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:42:13 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727104215.184786-4-gouhao@uniontech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727104215.184786-1-gouhao@uniontech.com>
When xive_init_ipis() fails (e.g. irq_domain_alloc_irqs() fails),
the error path frees the global xive_ipis array. However,
xive_smp_probe() previously ignored this failure and proceeded to
call xive_setup_cpu_ipi(), which dereferences the already-freed
xive_ipis pointer -- a use-after-free.
Now that xive_smp_probe() returns int (previous patch), propagate
the error from xive_init_ipis() and xive_setup_cpu_ipi() through
xive_smp_probe(). Check the return value in both pnv_smp_probe()
and pSeries_smp_probe() so that IPI setup is aborted cleanly on
failure, avoiding the use-after-free.
Fixes: 243e25112d06 ("powerpc/xive: Native exploitation of the XIVE interrupt controller")
Fixes: cbc06f051c52 ("powerpc/xive: Do not skip CPU-less nodes when creating the IPIs")
Signed-off-by: Gou Hao <gouhao@uniontech.com>
Reviewed-by: Wentao Guan <guanwentao@uniontech.com>
Reviewed-by: jiazhenyuan <jiazhenyuan@uniontech.com>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c | 8 +++++---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c | 8 +++++---
arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c | 10 ++++++----
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
index 8f41ef364fc6..b1201dbafcaf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
@@ -332,10 +332,12 @@ static void pnv_cause_ipi(int cpu)
static void __init pnv_smp_probe(void)
{
- if (xive_enabled())
- xive_smp_probe();
- else
+ if (xive_enabled()) {
+ if (xive_smp_probe() < 0)
+ return;
+ } else {
xics_smp_probe();
+ }
if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_DBELL)) {
ic_cause_ipi = smp_ops->cause_ipi;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
index db99725e752b..14cd0634eeca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
@@ -194,10 +194,12 @@ static int pseries_cause_nmi_ipi(int cpu)
static __init void pSeries_smp_probe(void)
{
- if (xive_enabled())
- xive_smp_probe();
- else
+ if (xive_enabled()) {
+ if (xive_smp_probe() < 0)
+ return;
+ } else {
xics_smp_probe();
+ }
/* No doorbell facility, must use the interrupt controller for IPIs */
if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_DBELL))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index 9f80c16be23f..bbe7c85274ea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -1267,15 +1267,17 @@ noinstr static void xive_cleanup_cpu_ipi(unsigned int cpu, struct xive_cpu *xc)
int __init xive_smp_probe(void)
{
+ int ret;
+
smp_ops->cause_ipi = xive_cause_ipi;
/* Register the IPI */
- xive_init_ipis();
+ ret = xive_init_ipis();
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
/* Allocate and setup IPI for the boot CPU */
- xive_setup_cpu_ipi(smp_processor_id());
-
- return 0;
+ return xive_setup_cpu_ipi(smp_processor_id());
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-27 10:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 10:42 [PATCH v3 0/5] powerpc/xive: remove __GFP_NOFAIL and fix IPI error handling Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] powerpc/xive: make xive IPI allocation NULL-safe Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] powerpc/xive: add error return value to xive_smp_probe() Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` Gou Hao [this message]
2026-07-28 2:47 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free Srikar Dronamraju
2026-07-28 10:26 ` Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] powerpc/xive: defer setting cause_ipi until IPI init succeeds Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] powerpc/smp: add NULL guard for cause_ipi in smp_muxed_ipi_message_pass Gou Hao
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