[PATCH] iio: gyro: itg3200: fix i2c read into the wrong stack location
From: David Carlier
Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 09:38:32 EST
itg3200_read_all_channels() takes `__be16 *buf' as a parameter and
fills the i2c_msg destination as `(char *)&buf'. Since `buf' is the
parameter (a pointer), `&buf' is the address of the local pointer
slot on the stack of itg3200_read_all_channels(), not the address
of the caller's scan buffer. The (char *) cast hides the type
mismatch.
i2c_transfer() therefore writes ITG3200_SCAN_ELEMENTS * sizeof(s16)
= 8 bytes into the parameter's stack slot, which is discarded when
the function returns. The caller's scan buffer in
itg3200_trigger_handler() is never written to, so
iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp() pushes uninitialised stack
contents to userspace via /dev/iio:deviceX every scan -- both a
functional bug (no actual gyroscope or temperature data is
delivered through the triggered buffer) and an information leak.
The non-buffered read_raw() path is unaffected: it goes through
itg3200_read_reg_s16() which uses `&out' on a local s16 value,
where that is correct.
Drop the spurious `&' so the i2c read writes into the caller's
buffer.
Fixes: 9dbf091da080 ("iio: gyro: Add itg3200")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/gyro/itg3200_buffer.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/gyro/itg3200_buffer.c b/drivers/iio/gyro/itg3200_buffer.c
index a624400a239c..0d3a50031d76 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/gyro/itg3200_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/gyro/itg3200_buffer.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int itg3200_read_all_channels(struct i2c_client *i2c, __be16 *buf)
.addr = i2c->addr,
.flags = i2c->flags | I2C_M_RD,
.len = ITG3200_SCAN_ELEMENTS * sizeof(s16),
- .buf = (char *)&buf,
+ .buf = (char *)buf,
},
};
--
2.53.0