Re: [PATCH] i3c: master: svc: bound IBI payload to the requested max_payload_len

On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 11:51:40PM +0800, Maoyi Xie wrote:
> svc_i3c_master_handle_ibi() reads the IBI payload from the RX FIFO into
> the IBI slot. The loop is bounded by the hardware FIFO size
> (SVC_I3C_FIFO_SIZE), not by the slot size.
>
> slot->data points into the IBI pool, which i3c_generic_ibi_alloc_pool()
> sizes at max_payload_len per slot. svc_i3c_master_request_ibi() only
> rejects a max_payload_len larger than SVC_I3C_FIFO_SIZE, so a driver can
> request a smaller one. mctp-i3c requests 1. Each readsb() then copies the
> controller RXCOUNT bytes (up to 31) with no check against the slot size.
> A device that sends more bytes than the slot holds writes past
> slot->data, an out-of-bounds write into the IBI pool.
>
> Bound the loop by dev->ibi->max_payload_len and clamp each read to the
> space left in the slot, the same way dw-i3c does.
>
> Fixes: dd3c52846d59 ("i3c: master: svc: Add Silvaco I3C master driver")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Co-developed-by: Kaixuan Li <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Kaixuan Li <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c b/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
> index e2d99a3ac07d..7420bfbdd259 100644
> --- a/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
> +++ b/drivers/i3c/master/svc-i3c-master.c
> @@ -465,9 +465,11 @@ static int svc_i3c_master_handle_ibi(struct svc_i3c_master *master,
>  	buf = slot->data;
>
>  	while (SVC_I3C_MSTATUS_RXPEND(readl(master->regs + SVC_I3C_MSTATUS))  &&
> -	       slot->len < SVC_I3C_FIFO_SIZE) {
> +	       slot->len < dev->ibi->max_payload_len) {
>  		mdatactrl = readl(master->regs + SVC_I3C_MDATACTRL);
>  		count = SVC_I3C_MDATACTRL_RXCOUNT(mdatactrl);
> +		count = min_t(unsigned int, count,
> +			      dev->ibi->max_payload_len - slot->len);

now needn't min_t, only min() should be good
see:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

Frank
>  		readsb(master->regs + SVC_I3C_MRDATAB, buf, count);
>  		slot->len += count;
>  		buf += count;

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