linux-kernel - [PATCH] ACPI: processor: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in acpi_processor_errata

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Message-ID: <20251209103114.3964322-1-islituo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue,  9 Dec 2025 18:31:13 +0800
From: Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
To: rafael@...nel.org,
	lenb@...nel.org
Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ACPI: processor: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in acpi_processor_errata_piix4() when debug messages are enabled

In acpi_processor_errata_piix4(), the pointer dev is first assigned an IDE
device and then reassigned an ISA device:

  dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB, ...);
  dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB_0, ...);

If the first lookup succeeds but the second fails, dev becomes NULL. This
leads to a potential null-pointer dereference when dev_dbg() is called:

  if (errata.piix4.bmisx)
    dev_dbg(&dev->dev, ...);

To prevent this, use two temporary pointers and retrieve each device
independently, avoiding overwriting dev with a possible NULL value.

Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
index 7ec1dc04fd11..ddd7081430f7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_errata_piix4(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	u8 value1 = 0;
 	u8 value2 = 0;
+	struct pci_dev *ide_dev, *isa_dev;
 
 
 	if (!dev)
@@ -107,12 +108,12 @@ static int acpi_processor_errata_piix4(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		 * each IDE controller's DMA status to make sure we catch all
 		 * DMA activity.
 		 */
-		dev = pci_get_subsys(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL,
+		ide_dev = pci_get_subsys(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL,
 				     PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB,
 				     PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, NULL);
-		if (dev) {
-			errata.piix4.bmisx = pci_resource_start(dev, 4);
-			pci_dev_put(dev);
+		if (ide_dev) {
+			errata.piix4.bmisx = pci_resource_start(ide_dev, 4);
+			pci_dev_put(ide_dev);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -124,24 +125,24 @@ static int acpi_processor_errata_piix4(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		 * disable C3 support if this is enabled, as some legacy
 		 * devices won't operate well if fast DMA is disabled.
 		 */
-		dev = pci_get_subsys(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL,
+		isa_dev = pci_get_subsys(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL,
 				     PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB_0,
 				     PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, NULL);
-		if (dev) {
-			pci_read_config_byte(dev, 0x76, &value1);
-			pci_read_config_byte(dev, 0x77, &value2);
+		if (isa_dev) {
+			pci_read_config_byte(isa_dev, 0x76, &value1);
+			pci_read_config_byte(isa_dev, 0x77, &value2);
 			if ((value1 & 0x80) || (value2 & 0x80))
 				errata.piix4.fdma = 1;
-			pci_dev_put(dev);
+			pci_dev_put(isa_dev);
 		}
 
 		break;
 	}
 
 	if (errata.piix4.bmisx)
-		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "Bus master activity detection (BM-IDE) erratum enabled\n");
+		dev_dbg(&ide_dev->dev, "Bus master activity detection (BM-IDE) erratum enabled\n");
 	if (errata.piix4.fdma)
-		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "Type-F DMA livelock erratum (C3 disabled)\n");
+		dev_dbg(&isa_dev->dev, "Type-F DMA livelock erratum (C3 disabled)\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.43.0