[PATCH v9 6/9] scsi: mvumi: validate the response frame tag before using it

From: Yehyeong Lee

Date: Thu Oct 15 2026 - 00:54:59 EST


mvumi_handle_clob() indexes mhba->tag_cmd[] with the tag of a response
frame the firmware DMAs into the outbound list. The array holds
tag_pool.size entries, and the only check on that tag runs earlier, in
mvumi_receive_ob_list_entry() and mvumi_check_ob_frame(), against the frame
still sitting in the outbound list. mvumi_receive_ob_list_entry() then
copies the frame into an ob_data buffer and mvumi_handle_clob() reads the
tag out of that copy, so the value that is checked and the value that is
used are two separate fetches of firmware-writable memory. A firmware that
changes the tag after the check reaches tag_cmd[] with any u16, reads a
pointer past the array and dereferences it, writes NULL past the array and
pushes the tag onto the free stack for a later command to pick up. The
check is also off by one: tag_cmd[] and tag_pool.stack[] both hold
tag_pool.size entries, so a tag equal to tag_pool.size passes a > test and
lands one entry past both.

Check the tag that mvumi_handle_clob() actually uses, against the size of
the array it indexes, and check the command it finds for NULL before
dereferencing it: with two fetches the earlier NULL check no longer says
anything about this one. Re-check request_id against that command too,
where the controller provides one, for the same reason the earlier check
does: a tag changed between the check and the copy can land on a different
command that is also live, and then only request_id tells the two apart.
Make the two existing bounds checks >= so a tag equal to the entry count is
rejected there too, and read the tag into a local in
mvumi_receive_ob_list_entry() as well, so the check there and the accesses
beside it see one value instead of three fetches. Use READ_ONCE() for the
tag and request_id both functions take out of the outbound list, so the
single fetch is guaranteed rather than left to the compiler.

Fixes: f0c568a478f0 ("[SCSI] mvumi: Add Marvell UMI driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yehyeong Lee <yhlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/mvumi.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mvumi.c b/drivers/scsi/mvumi.c
index 8b8e5545747e8..2410d2aa147d9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mvumi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mvumi.c
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@ static char mvumi_check_ob_frame(struct mvumi_hba *mhba,

udelay(1);
p_outb_frame = mhba->ob_list + cur_obf * mhba->ob_max_size;
- request_id = p_outb_frame->request_id;
- tag = p_outb_frame->tag;
- if (tag > mhba->tag_pool.size) {
+ request_id = READ_ONCE(p_outb_frame->request_id);
+ tag = READ_ONCE(p_outb_frame->tag);
+ if (tag >= mhba->tag_pool.size) {
dev_err(&mhba->pdev->dev, "ob frame data error\n");
return -1;
}
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ static void mvumi_receive_ob_list_entry(struct mvumi_hba *mhba)
struct mvumi_ob_data *ob_data;
struct mvumi_rsp_frame *p_outb_frame;
struct mvumi_hw_regs *regs = mhba->regs;
+ unsigned short tag;

if (mhba->instancet->check_ob_list(mhba, &cur_obf, &assign_obf_end))
return;
@@ -546,10 +547,11 @@ static void mvumi_receive_ob_list_entry(struct mvumi_hba *mhba)
/* Copy pointer may point to entry in outbound list
* before entry has valid data
*/
- if (unlikely(p_outb_frame->tag > mhba->tag_pool.size ||
- mhba->tag_cmd[p_outb_frame->tag] == NULL ||
- p_outb_frame->request_id !=
- mhba->tag_cmd[p_outb_frame->tag]->request_id))
+ tag = READ_ONCE(p_outb_frame->tag);
+ if (unlikely(tag >= mhba->tag_pool.size ||
+ !mhba->tag_cmd[tag] ||
+ mhba->tag_cmd[tag]->request_id !=
+ READ_ONCE(p_outb_frame->request_id)))
if (mvumi_check_ob_frame(mhba, cur_obf, p_outb_frame))
continue;

@@ -1878,6 +1880,7 @@ static void mvumi_handle_clob(struct mvumi_hba *mhba)
struct mvumi_rsp_frame *ob_frame;
struct mvumi_cmd *cmd;
struct mvumi_ob_data *pool;
+ unsigned short tag;

while (!list_empty(&mhba->free_ob_list)) {
pool = list_first_entry(&mhba->free_ob_list,
@@ -1886,11 +1889,33 @@ static void mvumi_handle_clob(struct mvumi_hba *mhba)
list_add_tail(&pool->list, &mhba->ob_data_list);

ob_frame = (struct mvumi_rsp_frame *) &pool->data[0];
- cmd = mhba->tag_cmd[ob_frame->tag];
+ /*
+ * The tag was checked against the frame in the outbound list.
+ * This is the copy, so check the value that is used.
+ */
+ tag = ob_frame->tag;
+ if (tag >= mhba->tag_pool.size) {
+ dev_err(&mhba->pdev->dev,
+ "ob frame tag[0x%x] out of range\n", tag);
+ continue;
+ }
+ cmd = mhba->tag_cmd[tag];
+ if (!cmd) {
+ dev_err(&mhba->pdev->dev,
+ "ob frame tag[0x%x] with no command\n", tag);
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (mhba->request_id_enabled &&
+ ob_frame->request_id != cmd->request_id) {
+ dev_err(&mhba->pdev->dev,
+ "ob frame tag[0x%x] request ID 0x%x != 0x%x\n",
+ tag, ob_frame->request_id, cmd->request_id);
+ continue;
+ }

atomic_dec(&mhba->fw_outstanding);
- mhba->tag_cmd[ob_frame->tag] = NULL;
- tag_release_one(mhba, &mhba->tag_pool, ob_frame->tag);
+ mhba->tag_cmd[tag] = NULL;
+ tag_release_one(mhba, &mhba->tag_pool, tag);
if (cmd->scmd)
mvumi_complete_cmd(mhba, cmd, ob_frame);
else
--
2.43.0