[PATCH v4] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0001: Byte swap OTP info

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Fri Oct 20 13:30:29 PDT 2023


Currently the offset into the device when looking for OTP
bits can go outside of the address of the MTD NOR devices,
and if that memory isn't readable, bad things happen
on the IXP4xx (added prints that illustrate the problem before
the crash):

cfi_intelext_otp_walk walk OTP on chip 0 start at reg_prot_offset 0x00000100
ixp4xx_copy_from copy from 0x00000100 to 0xc880dd78
cfi_intelext_otp_walk walk OTP on chip 0 start at reg_prot_offset 0x12000000
ixp4xx_copy_from copy from 0x12000000 to 0xc880dd78
8<--- cut here ---
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address db000000
[db000000] *pgd=00000000
(...)

This happens in this case because the IXP4xx is big endian and
the 32- and 16-bit fields in the struct cfi_intelext_otpinfo are not
properly byteswapped. Compare to how the code in read_pri_intelext()
byteswaps the fields in struct cfi_pri_intelext.

Adding a small byte swapping loop for the OTP in read_pri_intelext()
and the crash goes away.

The problem went unnoticed for many years until I enabled
CONFIG_MTD_OTP on the IXP4xx as well, triggering the bug.

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico at fluxnic.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
---
ChangeLog v3->v4:
- Collected Nico's ACK.
- Stalled since june! Has this been missed?
ChangeLog v2->v3:
- Link to v3:
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20230602204359.3493320-1-linus.walleij@linaro.org/
- Move the byte swapping to a small loop in read_pri_intelext()
  so all bytes are swapped as we reach cfi_intelext_otp_walk().
ChangeLog v1->v2:
- Drill deeper and discover a big endian compatibility issue.
---
 drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
index 11b06fefaa0e..c10693ba265b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
@@ -422,9 +422,25 @@ read_pri_intelext(struct map_info *map, __u16 adr)
 		extra_size = 0;
 
 		/* Protection Register info */
-		if (extp->NumProtectionFields)
+		if (extp->NumProtectionFields) {
+			struct cfi_intelext_otpinfo *otp =
+				(struct cfi_intelext_otpinfo *)&extp->extra[0];
+
 			extra_size += (extp->NumProtectionFields - 1) *
-				      sizeof(struct cfi_intelext_otpinfo);
+				sizeof(struct cfi_intelext_otpinfo);
+
+			if (extp_size >= sizeof(*extp) + extra_size) {
+				int i;
+
+				/* Do some byteswapping if necessary */
+				for (i = 0; i < extp->NumProtectionFields - 1; i++) {
+					otp->ProtRegAddr = le32_to_cpu(otp->ProtRegAddr);
+					otp->FactGroups = le16_to_cpu(otp->FactGroups);
+					otp->UserGroups = le16_to_cpu(otp->UserGroups);
+					otp++;
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (extp->MinorVersion >= '1') {

---
base-commit: 0bb80ecc33a8fb5a682236443c1e740d5c917d1d
change-id: 20231020-mtd-otp-byteswap-7ba47316ed73

Best regards,
-- 
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>




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