[PATCH] platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Reject negative power cap writes in hwmon

From: Hemanth Selam

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 05:07:14 EST


hsmp_hwmon_write() takes the user-supplied hwmon value as a signed long
and assigns "val / MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT" to msg.args[0], which is a
__u32. MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT is an unsigned long, so a negative write
to power1_cap (e.g. "echo -1 > power1_cap") is first converted to a huge
unsigned value by the division and then stored into the u32 argument.

As a result a nonsensical, multi-gigawatt socket power limit is sent to
the SMU via HSMP_SET_SOCKET_POWER_LIMIT instead of the write being
rejected.

Reject negative values with -EINVAL before the conversion.

Tested with HSMP enabled:

CAP=$(dirname $(grep -l amd_hsmp_hwmon \
/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*/name | head -1))/power1_cap

# negative write
echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?"
# valid positive write must still work
echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?"

Before:
# echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?"
ret=0 <- accepted; bogus limit sent to SMU
# echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?"
ret=0

After:
# echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?"
bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
ret=1 <- rejected with -EINVAL
# echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?"
ret=0 <- valid write still works

Fixes: 92c025db52bb ("platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Report power via hwmon sensors")
Signed-off-by: Hemanth Selam <hemanth.selam@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hwmon.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hwmon.c b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hwmon.c
index 0cc9a742497f..c8314eee06f4 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp/hwmon.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ static int hsmp_hwmon_write(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
if (attr != hwmon_power_cap)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

+ if (val < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
msg.num_args = 1;
msg.args[0] = val / MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT;
msg.msg_id = HSMP_SET_SOCKET_POWER_LIMIT;
--
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