* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
@ 2026-03-23 9:06 gregkh
2026-03-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] i2c: cp2615: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy Sasha Levin
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From: gregkh @ 2026-03-23 9:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: johan, andi.shyti, bence98; +Cc: stable
The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x aa79f996eb41e95aed85a1bd7f56bcd6a3842008
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026032348-savor-throbbing-4586@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From aa79f996eb41e95aed85a1bd7f56bcd6a3842008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 08:50:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe
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The cp2615 driver uses the USB device serial string as the i2c adapter
name but does not make sure that the string exists.
Verify that the device has a serial number before accessing it to avoid
triggering a NULL-pointer dereference (e.g. with malicious devices).
Fixes: 4a7695429ead ("i2c: cp2615: add i2c driver for Silicon Labs' CP2615 Digital Audio Bridge")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.13
Cc: Bence Csókás <bence98@sch.bme.hu>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Bence Csókás <bence98@sch.bme.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260309075016.25612-1-johan@kernel.org
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
index e2d7cd2390fc..8212875700e1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ cp2615_i2c_probe(struct usb_interface *usbif, const struct usb_device_id *id)
if (!adap)
return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!usbdev->serial)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
strscpy(adap->name, usbdev->serial, sizeof(adap->name));
adap->owner = THIS_MODULE;
adap->dev.parent = &usbif->dev;
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* [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] i2c: cp2615: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
2026-03-23 9:06 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
@ 2026-03-23 13:19 ` Sasha Levin
2026-03-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-03-23 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Justin Stitt, Kees Cook, Wolfram Sang, Sasha Levin
From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
[ Upstream commit e2def33f9ee1b1a8cda4ec5cde69840b5708f068 ]
`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces.
We expect name to be NUL-terminated based on its numerous uses with
functions that expect NUL-terminated strings.
For example in i2c-core-base.c +1533:
| dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "adapter [%s] registered\n", adap->name);
NUL-padding is not required as `adap` is already zero-alloacted with:
| adap = devm_kzalloc(&usbif->dev, sizeof(struct i2c_adapter), GFP_KERNEL);
With the above in mind, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to
the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer
without unnecessarily NUL-padding.
Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: aa79f996eb41 ("i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
index 3ded28632e4c1..20f8f7c9a8cd4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ cp2615_i2c_probe(struct usb_interface *usbif, const struct usb_device_id *id)
if (!adap)
return -ENOMEM;
- strncpy(adap->name, usbdev->serial, sizeof(adap->name) - 1);
+ strscpy(adap->name, usbdev->serial, sizeof(adap->name));
adap->owner = THIS_MODULE;
adap->dev.parent = &usbif->dev;
adap->dev.of_node = usbif->dev.of_node;
--
2.51.0
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* [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe
2026-03-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] i2c: cp2615: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy Sasha Levin
@ 2026-03-23 13:19 ` Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-03-23 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Johan Hovold, Bence Csókás, Andi Shyti, Sasha Levin
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit aa79f996eb41e95aed85a1bd7f56bcd6a3842008 ]
The cp2615 driver uses the USB device serial string as the i2c adapter
name but does not make sure that the string exists.
Verify that the device has a serial number before accessing it to avoid
triggering a NULL-pointer dereference (e.g. with malicious devices).
Fixes: 4a7695429ead ("i2c: cp2615: add i2c driver for Silicon Labs' CP2615 Digital Audio Bridge")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.13
Cc: Bence Csókás <bence98@sch.bme.hu>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Bence Csókás <bence98@sch.bme.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260309075016.25612-1-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
index 20f8f7c9a8cd4..8e17f32d38c06 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cp2615.c
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ cp2615_i2c_probe(struct usb_interface *usbif, const struct usb_device_id *id)
if (!adap)
return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!usbdev->serial)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
strscpy(adap->name, usbdev->serial, sizeof(adap->name));
adap->owner = THIS_MODULE;
adap->dev.parent = &usbif->dev;
--
2.51.0
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