[PATCH v2] hwmon: (pmbus/q54sj108a2) fix stack overflow in debugfs read
From: Sanman Pradhan
Date: Wed Mar 04 2026 - 02:08:45 EST
The q54sj108a2_debugfs_read function suffers from a stack buffer overflow
due to incorrect arguments passed to bin2hex(). The function currently
passes 'data' as the destination and 'data_char' as the source.
Because bin2hex() converts each input byte into two hex characters, a
32-byte block read results in 64 bytes of output. Since 'data' is only
34 bytes (I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 2), this writes 30 bytes past the end
of the buffer onto the stack.
Additionally, the arguments were swapped: it was reading from the
zero-initialized 'data_char' and writing to 'data', resulting in
all-zero output regardless of the actual I2C read.
Fix this by:
1. Expanding 'data_char' to 66 bytes to safely hold the hex output.
2. Correcting the bin2hex() argument order and using the actual read count.
3. Using a pointer to select the correct output buffer for the final
simple_read_from_buffer call.
Fixes: d014538aa385 ("hwmon: (pmbus) Driver for Delta power supplies Q54SJ108A2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sanman Pradhan <psanman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Fixed email formatting/line-wrapping issues
---
drivers/hwmon/pmbus/q54sj108a2.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/q54sj108a2.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/q54sj108a2.c
index fc030ca34480..d5d60a9af8c5 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/q54sj108a2.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/q54sj108a2.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ static ssize_t q54sj108a2_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
int idx = *idxp;
struct q54sj108a2_data *psu = to_psu(idxp, idx);
char data[I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 2] = { 0 };
- char data_char[I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 2] = { 0 };
+ char data_char[I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX * 2 + 2] = { 0 };
+ char *out = data;
char *res;
switch (idx) {
@@ -150,27 +151,27 @@ static ssize_t q54sj108a2_debugfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
if (rc < 0)
return rc;
- res = bin2hex(data, data_char, 32);
- rc = res - data;
-
+ res = bin2hex(data_char, data, rc);
+ rc = res - data_char;
+ out = data_char;
break;
case Q54SJ108A2_DEBUGFS_FLASH_KEY:
rc = i2c_smbus_read_block_data(psu->client, PMBUS_FLASH_KEY_WRITE, data);
if (rc < 0)
return rc;
- res = bin2hex(data, data_char, 4);
- rc = res - data;
-
+ res = bin2hex(data_char, data, rc);
+ rc = res - data_char;
+ out = data_char;
break;
default:
return -EINVAL;
}
- data[rc] = '\n';
+ out[rc] = '\n';
rc += 2;
- return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, data, rc);
+ return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, out, rc);
}
static ssize_t q54sj108a2_debugfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
--
2.34.1