From: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
To: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com,
aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Paul Greenwalt <paul.greenwalt@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH iwl-net v2 2/6] ixgbe: add bounds check for debugfs register access
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 15:11:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408131154.2661818-3-aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408131154.2661818-1-aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
From: Paul Greenwalt <paul.greenwalt@intel.com>
Prevent out-of-bounds MMIO accesses triggered through user-controlled
register offsets. IXGBE_HFDR (0x15FE8) is the highest valid MMIO
register in the ixgbe register map; any offset beyond it would address
unmapped memory.
Add a defense-in-depth check at two levels:
1. ixgbe_read_reg() -- the noinline register read accessor. A
WARN_ON_ONCE() guard here catches any future code path (including
ioctl extensions) that might inadvertently pass an out-of-range
offset without relying on higher layers to catch it first.
ixgbe_write_reg() is a static inline called from the TX/RX hot path;
adding WARN_ON_ONCE there would inline the check at every call site,
so only the read path gets this guard.
2. ixgbe_dbg_reg_ops_write() -- the debugfs 'reg_ops' interface is the
only current path where a raw, user-supplied offset enters the driver.
Gating it before invoking the register accessors provides a clean,
user-visible failure (silent ignore with no kernel splat) for
deliberately malformed debugfs writes.
Add a reg <= IXGBE_HFDR guard to both the read and write paths in
ixgbe_dbg_reg_ops_write(), and a WARN_ON_ONCE + early-return guard to
ixgbe_read_reg().
Fixes: 91fbd8f081e2 ("ixgbe: added reg_ops file to debugfs")
Signed-off-by: Paul Greenwalt <paul.greenwalt@intel.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
---
v1 -> v2:
- Add Fixes: tag; reroute from iwl-next to iwl-net (security-relevant
hardening for user-controllable out-of-bounds MMIO).
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c | 6 ++++--
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c
index 5b1cf49d..a6a19c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ static ssize_t ixgbe_dbg_reg_ops_write(struct file *filp,
u32 reg, value;
int cnt;
cnt = sscanf(&ixgbe_dbg_reg_ops_buf[5], "%x %x", ®, &value);
- if (cnt == 2) {
+ /* bounds-check register offset */
+ if (cnt == 2 && reg <= IXGBE_HFDR) {
IXGBE_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, reg, value);
value = IXGBE_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, reg);
e_dev_info("write: 0x%08x = 0x%08x\n", reg, value);
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ static ssize_t ixgbe_dbg_reg_ops_write(struct file *filp,
u32 reg, value;
int cnt;
cnt = sscanf(&ixgbe_dbg_reg_ops_buf[4], "%x", ®);
- if (cnt == 1) {
+ /* bounds-check register offset */
+ if (cnt == 1 && reg <= IXGBE_HFDR) {
value = IXGBE_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, reg);
e_dev_info("read 0x%08x = 0x%08x\n", reg, value);
} else {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 210c7b9..4a1f3c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -354,4 +354,6 @@ u32 ixgbe_read_reg(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u32 reg)
if (ixgbe_removed(reg_addr))
return IXGBE_FAILED_READ_REG;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(reg > IXGBE_HFDR))
+ return IXGBE_FAILED_READ_REG;
if (unlikely(hw->phy.nw_mng_if_sel &
IXGBE_NW_MNG_IF_SEL_SGMII_ENABLE)) {
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-08 13:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-08 13:11 [PATCH iwl-net v2 0/6] ixgbe: six bug fixes Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 13:11 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 1/6] ixgbe: fix SWFW semaphore timeout for X550 family Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-13 10:52 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-14 0:56 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jacob Keller
2026-04-08 13:11 ` Aleksandr Loktionov [this message]
2026-04-13 10:30 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 2/6] ixgbe: add bounds check for debugfs register access Simon Horman
2026-04-14 1:00 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Jacob Keller
2026-04-14 17:16 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-08 13:11 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 3/6] ixgbe: call ixgbe_setup_fc() before fc_enable() after NVM update Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-13 10:51 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-08 13:11 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 4/6] ixgbe: fix cls_u32 nexthdr path returning success when no entry installed Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-13 10:54 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-08 13:11 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 5/6] ixgbe: fix ITR value overflow in adaptive interrupt throttling Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-13 13:39 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-08 13:11 ` [PATCH iwl-net v2 6/6] ixgbe: fix integer overflow and wrong bit position in ixgbe_validate_rtr() Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-13 13:43 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-13 14:02 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-13 14:03 ` Simon Horman
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