Re: [PATCH v4 05/20] gpu: nova-core: vbios: use checked ops and accesses in `FwSecBiosImage::ucode`

From: John Hubbard

Date: Fri May 22 2026 - 22:51:03 EST


On 5/18/26 7:54 PM, Eliot Courtney wrote:
> Use checked arithmetic and access for extracting the microcode since the
> offsets are firmware derived.
>
> Fixes: 47c4846e4319 ("gpu: nova-core: vbios: Add support for FWSEC ucode extraction")
> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs | 14 ++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
--
John Hubbard

>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> index 2ff67273fdff..c62d918a3041 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> @@ -1110,16 +1110,18 @@ pub(crate) fn header(&self) -> Result<FalconUCodeDesc> {
>
> /// Get the ucode data as a byte slice
> pub(crate) fn ucode(&self, desc: &FalconUCodeDesc) -> Result<&[u8]> {
> - let falcon_ucode_offset = self.falcon_ucode_offset;
> + let size = usize::from_safe_cast(
> + desc.imem_load_size()
> + .checked_add(desc.dmem_load_size())
> + .ok_or(ERANGE)?,
> + );
>
> // The ucode data follows the descriptor.
> - let ucode_data_offset = falcon_ucode_offset + desc.size();
> - let size = usize::from_safe_cast(desc.imem_load_size() + desc.dmem_load_size());
> -
> - // Get the data slice, checking bounds in a single operation.
> self.base
> .data
> - .get(ucode_data_offset..ucode_data_offset + size)
> + .get(self.falcon_ucode_offset..)
> + .and_then(|data| data.get(desc.size()..))
> + .and_then(|data| data.get(..size))
> .ok_or(ERANGE)
> .inspect_err(|_| {
> dev_err!(
>