[PATCH] hwmon: (nct6775-core) Prevent access to unsupported weight registers
Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:48:39 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-hwmon |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Sashiko reports: During initialization of the nct6116 chip, the driver sets data->pwm_num to 5. However, it assigns several NCT6106 register arrays (such as NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_DUTY_STEP, NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_SEL, and NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_*) to data->REG_PWM and data->REG_WEIGHT_TEMP. These arrays only contain 3 elements. In nct6775_update_pwm(), the driver iterates up to data->pwm_num. If data->has_pwm has bits 3 or 4 set (which is structurally possible for nct6116), the loop attempts to read elements at index 3 and 4 from these 3-element arrays. This results in a global out-of-bounds read, which can be caught by KASAN. Furthermore, the driver uses these garbage out-of-bounds values as hardware register addresses for subsequent read and write operations. This leads to invalid hardware register access, potentially causing hardware misconfiguration or system crashes. The underlying problem is that the chip does support up to five fan control channels, but only the first three support weight control. Fix the problem by extending the affected weight register arrays with zeroed fields. The driver uses zeroed register addresses to determine if a register is supported or not, and skips accesses for unsupported registers. Reported-by: Sashiko <[email protected]> Fixes: 29c7cb485b32 ("hwmon: (nct6775) Integrate new model nct6116") Cc: Björn Gerhart <[email protected]> Cc: Florian Bezdeka <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> --- drivers/hwmon/nct6775-core.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/nct6775-core.c b/drivers/hwmon/nct6775-core.c index 51253acff4b0..94482c8092cd 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/nct6775-core.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/nct6775-core.c @@ -791,12 +791,12 @@ static const u16 NCT6106_REG_TOLERANCE_H[] = { 0x112, 0x122, 0x132 }; static const u16 NCT6106_REG_TARGET[] = { 0x111, 0x121, 0x131 }; -static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_SEL[] = { 0x168, 0x178, 0x188 }; -static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_STEP[] = { 0x169, 0x179, 0x189 }; -static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_STEP_TOL[] = { 0x16a, 0x17a, 0x18a }; -static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_DUTY_STEP[] = { 0x16b, 0x17b, 0x18b }; -static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_BASE[] = { 0x16c, 0x17c, 0x18c }; -static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_DUTY_BASE[] = { 0x16d, 0x17d, 0x18d }; +static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_SEL[] = { 0x168, 0x178, 0x188, 0, 0 }; +static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_STEP[] = { 0x169, 0x179, 0x189, 0, 0 }; +static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_STEP_TOL[] = { 0x16a, 0x17a, 0x18a, 0, 0 }; +static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_DUTY_STEP[] = { 0x16b, 0x17b, 0x18b, 0, 0 }; +static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_TEMP_BASE[] = { 0x16c, 0x17c, 0x18c, 0, 0 }; +static const u16 NCT6106_REG_WEIGHT_DUTY_BASE[] = { 0x16d, 0x17d, 0x18d, 0, 0 }; static const u16 NCT6106_REG_AUTO_TEMP[] = { 0x160, 0x170, 0x180 }; static const u16 NCT6106_REG_AUTO_PWM[] = { 0x164, 0x174, 0x184 }; -- 2.45.2