Re: [PATCH] hwmon: corsair-psu: fix possible out-of-bounds access on missing string termination

[email protected] Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:30:33 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-hwmon
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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(=
s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Data race on shared `priv->cmd_buffer` and `priv->wait_completion`=
 due to missing driver-level locking for debugfs attributes.
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--- Patch [1]: [PATCH] hwmon: corsair-psu: fix possible out-of-bounds acces=
s on missing string termination ---
commit cfc2e894e816ca1d7330d9074123e16e3ad443b7
Author: Wilken Gottwalt <[email protected]>

hwmon: corsair-psu: fix possible out-of-bounds access on missing string ter=
mination

This commit limits the debugfs seq_printf() calls for vendor and product
strings to a maximum length of REPLY_SIZE. This prevents potential
out-of-bounds accesses if the strings are not properly null-terminated by
the hardware.

> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c b/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
> index ce958cdaef58a..3c01ae3fc4af2 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
> @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static int vendor_show(struct seq_file *seqf, void *u=
nused)
>  {
>  	struct corsairpsu_data *priv =3D seqf->private;
> =20
> -	seq_printf(seqf, "%s\n", priv->vendor);
> +	seq_printf(seqf, "%.*s\n", REPLY_SIZE, priv->vendor);
> =20
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static int product_show(struct seq_file *seqf, void *=
unused)
>  {
>  	struct corsairpsu_data *priv =3D seqf->private;
> =20
> -	seq_printf(seqf, "%s\n", priv->product);
> +	seq_printf(seqf, "%.*s\n", REPLY_SIZE, priv->product);
> =20
>  	return 0;
>  }

[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does the lack of driver-level locking
cause a data race on priv->cmd_buffer and priv->wait_completion when debugfs
attributes are read concurrently with sysfs attributes?

Looking at print_uptime(), it calls into corsairpsu_get_value() bypassing
the hwmon core sysfs locks:

drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:print_uptime() {
    ...
	ret =3D corsairpsu_get_value(priv, cmd, 0, &val);
    ...
}

This proceeds into corsairpsu_usb_cmd() where the shared buffer and
completion are mutated without any synchronization lock:

drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:corsairpsu_usb_cmd() {
    ...
	memset(priv->cmd_buffer, 0, CMD_BUFFER_SIZE);
	priv->cmd_buffer[0] =3D p0;
	priv->cmd_buffer[1] =3D p1;
	priv->cmd_buffer[2] =3D p2;

	reinit_completion(&priv->wait_completion);
    ...
}

The hwmon subsystem requires drivers to implement internal locking for
attributes registered outside the core, such as debugfs interfaces. Without
a transaction lock, interleaved USB commands can corrupt hardware state and
result in mismatched telemetry data.

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