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

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Message-Id: <20240325101838.262387-1-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:18:38 +0100
From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To: William Zhang <william.zhang@...adcom.com>,
	Linux MTD List <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
	Broadcom Kernel List <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	joel.peshkin@...adcom.com,
	f.fainelli@...il.com,
	dregan@...l.com,
	kamal.dasu@...adcom.com,
	kursad.oney@...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: Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: Fix data access violation for STB chip

On Wed, 2024-03-20 at 22:26:22 UTC, William Zhang wrote:
> 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>

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux.git mtd/fixes, thanks.

Miquel