linux-kernel - [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: Fix data access violation for STB chip

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:26:22 -0700
From: William Zhang <william.zhang@...adcom.com>
To: Linux MTD List <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
Cc: Broadcom Kernel List <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	joel.peshkin@...adcom.com,
	f.fainelli@...il.com,
	miquel.raynal@...tlin.com,
	dregan@...l.com,
	kamal.dasu@...adcom.com,
	kursad.oney@...adcom.com,
	William Zhang <william.zhang@...adcom.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	David Regan <dregan@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: Fix data access violation for STB chip

Florian reported the following kernel NULL pointer dereference issue on
a BCM7250 board:
[    2.829744] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000c when read
[    2.838740] [0000000c] *pgd=80000000004003, *pmd=00000000
[    2.844178] Internal error: Oops: 206 [#1] SMP ARM
[    2.848990] Modules linked in:
[    2.852061] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.8.0-next-20240305-gd95fcdf4961d #66
[    2.860436] Hardware name: Broadcom STB (Flattened Device Tree)
[    2.866371] PC is at brcmnand_read_by_pio+0x180/0x278
[    2.871449] LR is at __wait_for_common+0x9c/0x1b0
[    2.876178] pc : [<c094b6cc>]    lr : [<c0e66310>]    psr: 60000053
[    2.882460] sp : f0811a80  ip : 00000012  fp : 00000000
[    2.887699] r10: 00000000  r9 : 00000000  r8 : c3790000
[    2.892936] r7 : 00000000  r6 : 00000000  r5 : c35db440  r4 : ffe00000
[    2.899479] r3 : f15cb814  r2 : 00000000  r1 : 00000000  r0 : 00000000

The issue only happens when dma mode is disabled or not supported on STB
chip. The pio mode transfer calls brcmnand_read_data_bus function which
dereferences ctrl->soc->read_data_bus. But the soc member in STB chip is
NULL hence triggers the access violation. The function needs to check
the soc pointer first.

Fixes: 546e42599120 ("mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: Add BCMBCA read data bus interface")

Reported-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: William Zhang <william.zhang@...adcom.com>

---

 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
index a8d12c71f987..1b2ec0fec60c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static inline void brcmnand_read_data_bus(struct brcmnand_controller *ctrl,
 	struct brcmnand_soc *soc = ctrl->soc;
 	int i;
 
-	if (soc->read_data_bus) {
+	if (soc && soc->read_data_bus) {
 		soc->read_data_bus(soc, flash_cache, buffer, fc_words);
 	} else {
 		for (i = 0; i < fc_words; i++)
-- 
2.37.3