[PATCH 27/28] i2c: cgbc: Propagate hardware errors when polling read status

From: Lee Jones

Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 08:26:40 EST


In cgbc_i2c_xfer_msg(), read_poll_timeout() uses the same ret variable
to store the polled return value of cgbc_i2c_get_status() and the
timeout result of the macro itself. When cgbc_i2c_get_status() returns
a negative error code (such as -EIO on an I2C NACK), the loop condition
ret != CGBC_I2C_STAT_BUSY evaluates to true and read_poll_timeout()
overwrites ret with 0. The driver then issues CGBC_I2C_CMD_DATA, which
completes with CGBC_STATUS_CMD_READY without populating msg->buf,
leaving uninitialised heap memory in the caller's read buffer.

Store the polled status in a separate variable, verify that it equals
CGBC_I2C_STAT_DAT, and check that CGBC_I2C_CMD_DATA returns the expected
number of bytes.

Fixes: 6894f640b8f3 ("i2c: Congatec Board Controller i2c bus driver")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-66cbf4b1-a219-4012-969d-236417bf419a
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c
index 25a74fa51aa0..9909c25f0b18 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ static int cgbc_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
struct cgbc_device_data *cgbc = i2c->cgbc;
struct i2c_msg *msg = i2c->msg;
u8 cmd[CGBC_I2C_CMD_SIZE];
- int ret, max_len, len, i;
+ int ret, status, max_len, len, i;
unsigned int cmd_len;
- u8 cmd_data;
+ u8 cmd_data, data_len;

struct cgbc_i2c_transfer xfer = {
.bus_id = algo_data->bus_id,
@@ -266,17 +266,32 @@ static int cgbc_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
if (ret)
goto err;

- ret = read_poll_timeout(cgbc_i2c_get_status, ret,
- ret != CGBC_I2C_STAT_BUSY, 0,
+ ret = read_poll_timeout(cgbc_i2c_get_status, status,
+ status != CGBC_I2C_STAT_BUSY, 0,
2 * algo_data->read_maxtime_us, false, adap);
- if (ret < 0)
+ if (ret)
goto err;

+ if (status < 0) {
+ ret = status;
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ if (status != CGBC_I2C_STAT_DAT) {
+ ret = -EIO;
+ goto err;
+ }
+
cmd_data = CGBC_I2C_CMD_DATA | algo_data->bus_id;
ret = cgbc_command(cgbc, &cmd_data, sizeof(cmd_data),
- msg->buf + i2c->pos, len, NULL);
+ msg->buf + i2c->pos, len, &data_len);
if (ret)
goto err;
+
+ if (data_len != len) {
+ ret = -EIO;
+ goto err;
+ }
}

if (len == (msg->len - i2c->pos)) {
--
2.56.0.218.g1ec904b173-goog