[PATCH] tee: fix register_shm_helper()

From: Jens Wiklander

Date: Fri Sep 19 2025 - 08:42:39 EST


In register_shm_helper(), fix incorrect error handling for a call to
iov_iter_extract_pages(). A case is missing for when
iov_iter_extract_pages() only got some pages and return a number larger
than 0, but not the requested amount.

This fixes a possible NULL pointer dereference following a bad input from
ioctl(TEE_IOC_SHM_REGISTER) where parts of the buffer isn't mapped.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Masami Ichikawa <masami256@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/op-tee/CACOXgS-Bo2W72Nj1_44c7bntyNYOavnTjJAvUbEiQfq=u9W+-g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: 7bdee4157591 ("tee: Use iov_iter to better support shared buffer registration")
Signed-off-by: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tee/tee_shm.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c b/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c
index daf6e5cfd59a..6ed7d030f4ed 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c
@@ -316,7 +316,16 @@ register_shm_helper(struct tee_context *ctx, struct iov_iter *iter, u32 flags,

len = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, &shm->pages, LONG_MAX, num_pages, 0,
&off);
- if (unlikely(len <= 0)) {
+ if (DIV_ROUND_UP(len + off, PAGE_SIZE) != num_pages) {
+ if (len > 0) {
+ /*
+ * If we only got a few pages, update to release
+ * the correct amount below.
+ */
+ shm->num_pages = len / PAGE_SIZE;
+ ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ goto err_put_shm_pages;
+ }
ret = len ? ERR_PTR(len) : ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
goto err_free_shm_pages;
}
--
2.43.0