From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: terry.bowman@amd.com,alison.schofield@intel.com,dave.jiang@intel.com,sashiko@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] cxl/ras: Fix cxl_rch_get_aer_info() out-of-bounds AER" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:59:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026090316-wildfowl-boasting-efe0@gregkh> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-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-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 29458e62d0829cbc99435f3e44fd560f9bbf1da7
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090316-wildfowl-boasting-efe0@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 29458e62d0829cbc99435f3e44fd560f9bbf1da7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@amd.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 17:17:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] cxl/ras: Fix cxl_rch_get_aer_info() out-of-bounds AER
register read
cxl_rch_get_aer_info() copies the RCH Downstream Port AER capability from
the RCRB MMIO block using a readl() loop bounded by sizeof(struct
aer_capability_regs). This struct is a software layout and its embedded
struct pcie_tlp_log is larger than the on-wire AER capability. As a
result the loop reads past the mapped AER register block.
The over-read also populates the software-only tail fields including
header_log.header_len. An out-of-range header_len passed to
pcie_print_tlp_log() can then loop past the header log buffer and cause
a second out-of-bounds read.
The read was correct when introduced, but struct pcie_tlp_log has since
grown (Header Log and TLP Prefix Log sizes, header_len and flit fields),
so sizeof(struct aer_capability_regs) no longer matches the physical AER
capability.
Bound the read to the physical AER registers, header through the 16 byte
Header Log. Zero the destination first so the software-only fields are
deterministic.
Fixes: 6ac07883dbb5 ("cxl/pci: Add RCH downstream port error logging")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260803221810.3685703-2-terry.bowman@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c b/drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c
index 0a8b3b9b6388..8a3965edaa12 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c
@@ -58,13 +58,28 @@ void cxl_disable_rch_root_ints(struct cxl_dport *dport)
static bool cxl_rch_get_aer_info(void __iomem *aer_base,
struct aer_capability_regs *aer_regs)
{
- int read_cnt = sizeof(struct aer_capability_regs) / sizeof(u32);
+ /*
+ * Bound the copy to the physically-defined AER registers (header
+ * through the 16-byte Header Log). struct aer_capability_regs is a
+ * software layout whose embedded struct pcie_tlp_log is larger than
+ * the on-wire AER capability; copying sizeof(*aer_regs) would
+ * over-read the RCRB-mapped MMIO block.
+ */
+ int read_cnt = (PCI_ERR_HEADER_LOG + 16) / sizeof(u32);
u32 *aer_regs_buf = (u32 *)aer_regs;
int n;
if (!aer_base)
return false;
+ /*
+ * Zero the destination so the software-only tail fields
+ * (e.g. header_log.header_len) are deterministic rather than
+ * left as uninitialized stack, which could drive a bogus loop
+ * length in pcie_print_tlp_log().
+ */
+ memset(aer_regs, 0, sizeof(*aer_regs));
+
/* Use readl() to guarantee 32-bit accesses */
for (n = 0; n < read_cnt; n++)
aer_regs_buf[n] = readl(aer_base + n * sizeof(u32));
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 13:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 12:59 gregkh [this message]
2026-09-04 14:32 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/2] cxl/pci: Move CXL driver's RCH error handling into core/ras_rch.c Sasha Levin
2026-09-04 14:32 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 2/2] cxl/ras: Fix cxl_rch_get_aer_info() out-of-bounds AER register read Sasha Levin
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