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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,
	lgs201920130244@gmail.com, srikar@linux.ibm.com,
	ynorov@nvidia.com, nilay@linux.ibm.com, clg@kaod.org,
	benh@kernel.crashing.org, miltonm@bga.com, mkchauras@gmail.com,
	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



  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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