[PATCH 1/2] memory: brcmstb_dpfe: Fix out-of-bounds access due to DCPU offset

From: Danesh Petigara

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 16:15:58 EST


From: Justin Chen <justin.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

On API v1/v2 boards, the DCPU coprocessor can steer kernel readl_relaxed()
and writel_relaxed() to any address within 256 MB of the ioremapped DPFE
dmem or regs base. The DCPU firmware provides a 28-bit offset which the
driver adds to the ioremap base without any bounds checking in
get_msg_ptr().

This allows a compromised DCPU firmware to trick the host kernel into
reading or writing arbitrary memory-mapped I/O registers in vmalloc
space. When combined with a root-writable sysfs file like dpfe_refresh,
it provides an arbitrary MMIO write primitive. Similarly, world-readable
sysfs files can be used to leak other devices' register contents.

Fix this by recording the resource_size() of the dmem and regs ioremaps
at probe time, and rejecting any offset that, along with the largest
field accessed (DRAM_VENDOR_ERROR + sizeof(u32)), exceeds the recorded
mapping size.

Fixes: fee5f1ef6cf7 ("memory: brcmstb: dpfe: support new way of passing data from the DCPU")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Justin Chen <justin.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview cursor
Signed-off-by: Danesh Petigara <danesh.petigara@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
index 08d9e05b1b33..66343205f585 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
+++ b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv {
void __iomem *regs;
void __iomem *dmem;
void __iomem *imem;
+ resource_size_t regs_size;
+ resource_size_t dmem_size;
struct device *dev;
const struct dpfe_api *dpfe_api;
struct mutex lock;
@@ -401,9 +403,14 @@ static void __iomem *get_msg_ptr(struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv, u32 response,
*/
switch (msg_type) {
case 1:
+ if (DCPU_MSG_RAM_START + offset + DRAM_VENDOR_ERROR +
+ sizeof(u32) > priv->regs_size)
+ goto bad_offset;
ptr = priv->regs + DCPU_MSG_RAM_START + offset;
break;
case 0:
+ if (offset + DRAM_VENDOR_ERROR + sizeof(u32) > priv->dmem_size)
+ goto bad_offset;
ptr = priv->dmem + offset;
break;
default:
@@ -415,6 +422,12 @@ static void __iomem *get_msg_ptr(struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv, u32 response,
}

return ptr;
+
+bad_offset:
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "DCPU returned out-of-range offset %#x\n", offset);
+ if (buf && size)
+ *size = sprintf(buf, "ERROR: DCPU offset out of range\n");
+ return NULL;
}

static void __finalize_command(struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv)
@@ -858,6 +871,7 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv;
+ struct resource *res;
int ret;

priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -869,17 +883,21 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
mutex_init(&priv->lock);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);

- priv->regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname(pdev, "dpfe-cpu");
+ res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "dpfe-cpu");
+ priv->regs = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
if (IS_ERR(priv->regs)) {
dev_err(dev, "couldn't map DCPU registers\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
+ priv->regs_size = resource_size(res);

- priv->dmem = devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname(pdev, "dpfe-dmem");
+ res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "dpfe-dmem");
+ priv->dmem = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
if (IS_ERR(priv->dmem)) {
dev_err(dev, "Couldn't map DCPU data memory\n");
return -ENOENT;
}
+ priv->dmem_size = resource_size(res);

priv->imem = devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname(pdev, "dpfe-imem");
if (IS_ERR(priv->imem)) {
--
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