Re:[PATCH 3/6] irqchip/gic-v3: validate MADT records before use
From: jiale yao
Date: Sat Oct 17 2026 - 03:30:23 EST
At 2026-10-16 22:13:54, "Jiale Yao" <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>The GICv3 ACPI paths cast generic MADT headers to distributor,
>redistributor, and CPU interface records before confirming that the
>corresponding fixed-size structures are present. Truncated records can
>therefore cause out-of-bounds field reads while probing or setting up
>virtualization data.
>
>Check each typed MADT record before its first field access. Also reject
>a short distributor record in the version validator, which runs before
>the probe callback.
>
Fixes: ffa7d6166a96 ("irqchip/gic-v3: Add ACPI support for GICv3/4 initialization")
Fixes: b70fb7af6715 ("irqchip/gic-v3: ACPI: Add redistributor support via GICC structures")
Fixes: 1839e576968f ("irqchip/gic-v3: Parse and export virtual GIC information")
>Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>index 6e1fa5b247fc..0588d6d83b31 100644
>--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>@@ -2299,6 +2299,9 @@ gic_acpi_parse_madt_redist(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
> (struct acpi_madt_generic_redistributor *)header;
> void __iomem *redist_base;
>
>+ if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(redist, end))
>+ return -EINVAL;
>+
> redist_base = ioremap(redist->base_address, redist->length);
> if (!redist_base) {
> pr_err("Couldn't map GICR region @%llx\n", redist->base_address);
>@@ -2325,6 +2328,9 @@ gic_acpi_parse_madt_gicc(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
> u32 size = reg == GIC_PIDR2_ARCH_GICv4 ? SZ_64K * 4 : SZ_64K * 2;
> void __iomem *redist_base;
>
>+ if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(gicc, end))
>+ return -EINVAL;
>+
> /* Neither enabled or online capable means it doesn't exist, skip it */
> if (!(gicc->flags & (ACPI_MADT_ENABLED | ACPI_MADT_GICC_ONLINE_CAPABLE)))
> return 0;
>@@ -2391,6 +2397,9 @@ static int __init gic_acpi_match_gicc(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
> struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *gicc =
> (struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *)header;
>
>+ if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(gicc, end))
>+ return -EINVAL;
>+
> /*
> * If GICC is enabled and has valid gicr base address, then it means
> * GICR base is presented via GICC. The redistributor is only known to
>@@ -2437,6 +2446,9 @@ static bool __init acpi_validate_gic_table(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
> int count;
>
> dist = (struct acpi_madt_generic_distributor *)header;
>+ if (header->length < sizeof(*dist))
>+ return false;
>+
> if (dist->version != ape->driver_data)
> return false;
>
>@@ -2457,6 +2469,9 @@ static int __init gic_acpi_parse_virt_madt_gicc(union acpi_subtable_headers *hea
> int maint_irq_mode;
> static int first_madt = true;
>
>+ if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(gicc, end))
>+ return -EINVAL;
>+
> if (!(gicc->flags &
> (ACPI_MADT_ENABLED | ACPI_MADT_GICC_ONLINE_CAPABLE)))
> return 0;
>@@ -2547,6 +2562,9 @@ gic_acpi_init(union acpi_subtable_headers *header, const unsigned long end)
>
> /* Get distributor base address */
> dist = (struct acpi_madt_generic_distributor *)header;
>+ if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(dist, end))
>+ return -EINVAL;
>+
> acpi_data.dist_base = ioremap(dist->base_address,
> ACPI_GICV3_DIST_MEM_SIZE);
> if (!acpi_data.dist_base) {
>--
>2.34.1