linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] PCI: Test for bit underflow in pcie_set

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Message-ID: <20250908215142.GA1467111@bhelgaas>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:51:42 -0500
From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@...aro.org>,
	Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>,
	Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>,
	lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
	Linux Regressions <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
	Ben Copeland <benjamin.copeland@...aro.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: Test for bit underflow in pcie_set_readrq()

On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 10:28:41PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> After commit cbc654d18d37 ("bitops: Add __attribute_const__ to generic
> ffs()-family implementations"), which allows GCC's value range tracker
> to see past ffs(), GCC 8 on ARM thinks that it might be possible that
> "ffs(rq) - 8" used here:
> 
> 	v = FIELD_PREP(PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_READRQ, ffs(rq) - 8);
> 
> could wrap below 0, leading to a very large value, which would be out of
> range for the FIELD_PREP() usage:
> 
> drivers/pci/pci.c: In function 'pcie_set_readrq':
> include/linux/compiler_types.h:572:38: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_471' declared with attribute error: FIELD_PREP: value too large for the field
> ...
> drivers/pci/pci.c:5896:6: note: in expansion of macro 'FIELD_PREP'
>   v = FIELD_PREP(PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_READRQ, ffs(rq) - 8);
>       ^~~~~~~~~~
> 
> If the result of the ffs() is bounds checked before being used in
> FIELD_PREP(), the value tracker seems happy again. :)
> 
> Fixes: cbc654d18d37 ("bitops: Add __attribute_const__ to generic ffs()-family implementations")
> Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@...aro.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/CA+G9fYuysVr6qT8bjF6f08WLyCJRG7aXAeSd2F7=zTaHHd7L+Q@mail.gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>

Would be great if you included this as part of your series, thanks!

> ---
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> Cc: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>
> Cc: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
> Cc: lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org
> Cc: Linux Regressions <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
> Cc: Ben Copeland <benjamin.copeland@...aro.org>
> Cc: <lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org>
> Cc: <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
> Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/pci.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> index b0f4d98036cd..005b92e6585e 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
> @@ -5932,6 +5932,7 @@ int pcie_set_readrq(struct pci_dev *dev, int rq)
>  {
>  	u16 v;
>  	int ret;
> +	unsigned int firstbit;
>  	struct pci_host_bridge *bridge = pci_find_host_bridge(dev->bus);
>  
>  	if (rq < 128 || rq > 4096 || !is_power_of_2(rq))
> @@ -5949,7 +5950,10 @@ int pcie_set_readrq(struct pci_dev *dev, int rq)
>  			rq = mps;
>  	}
>  
> -	v = FIELD_PREP(PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_READRQ, ffs(rq) - 8);
> +	firstbit = ffs(rq);
> +	if (firstbit < 8)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	v = FIELD_PREP(PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_READRQ, firstbit - 8);
>  
>  	if (bridge->no_inc_mrrs) {
>  		int max_mrrs = pcie_get_readrq(dev);
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>