[PATCH v3] lib: Use PFN_PHYS() in devmem_is_allowed()

Kefeng Wang wangkefeng.wang at huawei.com
Tue Aug 3 22:01:46 PDT 2021


On 2021/7/31 10:50, Liang Wang wrote:
> The physical address may exceed 32 bits on 32-bit systems with
> more than 32 bits of physcial address,use PFN_PHYS() in devmem_is_allowed(),
> or the physical address may overflow and be truncated.
> We found this bug when mapping a high addresses through devmem tool,
> when CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is enabled on the ARM with ARM_LPAE and devmem
> is used to map a high address that is not in the iomem address range,
> an unexpected error indicating no permission is returned.
>
> This bug was initially introduced from v2.6.37, and the function was moved
> to lib when v5.11.
>
> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof at kernel.org>
> Fixes: 087aaffcdf9c ("ARM: implement CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM by disabling access to RAM via /dev/mem")
> Fixes: 527701eda5f1 ("lib: Add a generic version of devmem_is_allowed()")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v2.6.37
> Signed-off-by: Liang Wang <wangliang101 at huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang at huawei.com>



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