[PATCH v3] MIPS: mm: Fix out-of-bounds write in maar_res_walk()

From: Yadan Fan

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 00:04:36 EST


maar_res_walk() uses wi->num_cfg as the index into the fixed-size
wi->cfg array, but checks whether the array is full only after it has
filled the selected entry. If walk_system_ram_range() reports more than
16 memory ranges, the overflow call writes one struct maar_config past
the end of the array before WARN_ON() prevents num_cfg from advancing.

Move the full-array check before taking the array slot and return non-zero
when the scratch array is full, so walk_system_ram_range() terminates the
walk instead of invoking the callback for further ranges.

Fixes: a5718fe8f70f ("MIPS: mm: Drop boot_mem_map")

Signed-off-by: Yadan Fan <ydfan@xxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Restore to use WARN_ON() with return -1 to stop
walk_system_ram_range() walking further

arch/mips/mm/init.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 55b25e85122a..1c07ca84ee21 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -272,9 +272,15 @@ static int maar_res_walk(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
void *data)
{
struct maar_walk_info *wi = data;
- struct maar_config *cfg = &wi->cfg[wi->num_cfg];
+ struct maar_config *cfg;
unsigned int maar_align;

+ /* Ensure we don't overflow the cfg array */
+ if (WARN_ON(wi->num_cfg >= ARRAY_SIZE(wi->cfg)))
+ return -1;
+
+ cfg = &wi->cfg[wi->num_cfg];
+
/* MAAR registers hold physical addresses right shifted by 4 bits */
maar_align = BIT(MIPS_MAAR_ADDR_SHIFT + 4);

@@ -283,9 +289,7 @@ static int maar_res_walk(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
cfg->upper = ALIGN_DOWN(PFN_PHYS(start_pfn + nr_pages), maar_align) - 1;
cfg->attrs = MIPS_MAAR_S;

- /* Ensure we don't overflow the cfg array */
- if (!WARN_ON(wi->num_cfg >= ARRAY_SIZE(wi->cfg)))
- wi->num_cfg++;
+ wi->num_cfg++;

return 0;
}
--
2.51.0