linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: cadence-quadspi: Add upper limit safety check to baudrate divisor

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:40:20 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Nathan Barrett-Morrison <nathan.morrison@...esys.com>
Cc:     greg.malysa@...esys.com,
        "open list:SPI SUBSYSTEM" <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: cadence-quadspi: Add upper limit safety check to
 baudrate divisor

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 04:17:05PM -0500, Nathan Barrett-Morrison wrote:

> +	/* Maximum baud divisor */
> +	if (div > CQSPI_REG_CONFIG_BAUD_MASK)
> +		div = CQSPI_REG_CONFIG_BAUD_MASK;

This will fix the overflow of the divisor but it means that we'll be
generating a faster clock than the device asked for which might lead to
problems.  We should at the very least warn, though returning an error
would be safer.  Ideally we'd be able to adjust the input clock to the
SPI controller to allow us to divide out an appropriate clock but that's
more disruptive.

Download attachment "signature.asc" of type "application/pgp-signature" (489 bytes)