[PATCH v3] drm/panthor: use local variables for firmware interface counts

Osama Abdelkader <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 16:11:49 +0200
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The firmware exposes the global group count and per-group stream count in
the shared control interface. These values are validated before being used
as loop bounds.

Read each count once with READ_ONCE() and store it in a local variable.
This avoids reading the same control section field twice and makes it
explicit that the loop uses the same value that passed validation
to protect against self-modifying control sections.

Signed-off-by: Osama Abdelkader <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Steven Price <[email protected]>
---
v3:
- Add comments explaining the READ_ONCE() usage.

 drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_fw.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_fw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_fw.c
index 8411c468bdac..b2ccb81f280c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_fw.c
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ static int panthor_init_csg_iface(struct panthor_device *ptdev,
 	u64 shared_section_sz = panthor_kernel_bo_size(ptdev->fw->shared_section->mem);
 	u64 iface_offset = CSF_GROUP_CONTROL_OFFSET +
 			   ((u64)csg_idx * glb_iface->control->group_stride);
+	u32 stream_num;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (iface_offset > shared_section_sz ||
@@ -967,8 +968,13 @@ static int panthor_init_csg_iface(struct panthor_device *ptdev,
 	csg_iface->output = iface_fw_to_cpu_addr(ptdev, csg_iface->control->output_va,
 						 sizeof(*csg_iface->output));
 
-	if (csg_iface->control->stream_num < MIN_CS_PER_CSG ||
-	    csg_iface->control->stream_num > MAX_CS_PER_CSG)
+	/*
+	 * To protect against self-modifying control sections
+	 * take a single snapshot from the control section so validation and
+	 * iteration use the same value.
+	 */
+	stream_num = READ_ONCE(csg_iface->control->stream_num);
+	if (stream_num < MIN_CS_PER_CSG || stream_num > MAX_CS_PER_CSG)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!csg_iface->input || !csg_iface->output) {
@@ -986,7 +992,7 @@ static int panthor_init_csg_iface(struct panthor_device *ptdev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < csg_iface->control->stream_num; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < stream_num; i++) {
 		int ret = panthor_init_cs_iface(ptdev, csg_idx, i);
 
 		if (ret)
@@ -1010,6 +1016,7 @@ static int panthor_fw_init_ifaces(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 {
 	struct panthor_fw_global_iface *glb_iface = &ptdev->fw->iface.global;
 	u64 shared_section_sz = panthor_kernel_bo_size(ptdev->fw->shared_section->mem);
+	u32 group_num;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (!ptdev->fw->shared_section->mem->kmap)
@@ -1035,13 +1042,18 @@ static int panthor_fw_init_ifaces(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (glb_iface->control->group_num > MAX_CSGS ||
-	    glb_iface->control->group_num < MIN_CSGS) {
+	/*
+	 * To protect against self-modifying control sections
+	 * take a single snapshot from the control section so validation and
+	 * iteration use the same value.
+	 */
+	group_num = READ_ONCE(glb_iface->control->group_num);
+	if (group_num > MAX_CSGS || group_num < MIN_CSGS) {
 		drm_err(&ptdev->base, "Invalid number of control groups");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < glb_iface->control->group_num; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < group_num; i++) {
 		int ret = panthor_init_csg_iface(ptdev, i);
 
 		if (ret)
-- 
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