Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] accel/amdxdna: check the command chain payload before using it

From: Lizhi Hou

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 17:32:47 EST



On 8/26/26 08:31, Taimuraz Kaitmazov wrote:
amdxdna_cmd_get_payload() only bounds-checks the payload when a size
pointer is passed, so its two callers get different guarantees from one
function. amdxdna_cmd_set_error() takes the unchecked form and then reads
cc->command_count and cc->data[0], neither of which has been shown to
lie inside the BO.

AMDXDNA_CMD_EXTRA_CU_MASK is 2 bits. So cc->command_count and cc->data[0] will be in the BO scope.

This is IO path. I would change it only when there is a real issue.


Thanks,

Lizhi


Make the size mandatory and add amdxdna_cmd_get_chain(), which returns
the chain only once the declared command count is known to fit.

Signed-off-by: Taimuraz Kaitmazov <taimuraz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c
index 855da8c79a1c..9f44e3918bc1 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c
@@ -125,20 +125,42 @@ void *amdxdna_cmd_get_payload(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo, u32 *size)
else
num_masks = 1 + FIELD_GET(AMDXDNA_CMD_EXTRA_CU_MASK, cmd->header);
- if (size) {
- count = FIELD_GET(AMDXDNA_CMD_COUNT, cmd->header);
- if (unlikely(count <= num_masks ||
- count * sizeof(u32) +
- offsetof(struct amdxdna_cmd, data[0]) >
- abo->mem.size)) {
- *size = 0;
- return NULL;
- }
- *size = (count - num_masks) * sizeof(u32);
+ count = FIELD_GET(AMDXDNA_CMD_COUNT, cmd->header);
+ if (unlikely(count <= num_masks ||
+ count * sizeof(u32) +
+ offsetof(struct amdxdna_cmd, data[0]) >
+ abo->mem.size)) {
+ *size = 0;
+ return NULL;
}
+ *size = (count - num_masks) * sizeof(u32);
+
return &cmd->data[num_masks];
}
+/*
+ * Returns the chain payload of @abo, with @count set to a command count that
+ * has been checked to fit. The chain fields live in a BO user space keeps
+ * mapped, so nothing may read them without going through here.
+ */
+struct amdxdna_cmd_chain *
+amdxdna_cmd_get_chain(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo, u32 *count)
+{
+ struct amdxdna_cmd_chain *cc;
+ u32 len, ccnt;
+
+ cc = amdxdna_cmd_get_payload(abo, &len);
+ if (!cc || len < sizeof(*cc))
+ return NULL;
+
+ ccnt = READ_ONCE(cc->command_count);
+ if (len < struct_size(cc, data, ccnt))
+ return NULL;
+
+ *count = ccnt;
+ return cc;
+}
+
u32 amdxdna_cmd_get_cu_idx(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
{
struct amdxdna_cmd *cmd = amdxdna_gem_vmap(abo);
@@ -177,8 +199,13 @@ int amdxdna_cmd_set_error(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
cmd->header |= FIELD_PREP(AMDXDNA_CMD_STATE, error_state);
if (amdxdna_cmd_get_op(abo) == ERT_CMD_CHAIN) {
- cc = amdxdna_cmd_get_payload(abo, NULL);
- cc->error_index = (cmd_idx < cc->command_count) ? cmd_idx : 0;
+ u32 ccnt;
+
+ cc = amdxdna_cmd_get_chain(abo, &ccnt);
+ if (!cc || !ccnt)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ cc->error_index = (cmd_idx < ccnt) ? cmd_idx : 0;
abo = amdxdna_gem_get_obj(client, cc->data[0], AMDXDNA_BO_SHARE);
if (!abo)
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.h b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.h
index b6bef3af7dab..f6529d512217 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.h
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.h
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ amdxdna_cmd_get_state(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
}
void *amdxdna_cmd_get_payload(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo, u32 *size);
+struct amdxdna_cmd_chain *
+amdxdna_cmd_get_chain(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo, u32 *count);
u32 amdxdna_cmd_get_cu_idx(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo);
int amdxdna_cmd_set_error(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
struct amdxdna_sched_job *job, u32 cmd_idx,