[PATCH 2/2] iio: imu: inv_mpu6050: validate ACPI object types in asus_acpi_get_sensor_info()

From: Tristan Madani

Date: Sun Oct 25 2026 - 14:03:41 EST


asus_acpi_get_sensor_info() iterates through a nested ACPI package
structure without checking types at either level. The outer object
returned by acpi_evaluate_object() and each inner element must be
validated as ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE before accessing their package.count
and package.elements members.

Add type checks at both levels of the package iteration.

Fixes: a35c5d1aa96a ("iio: imu: inv_mpu6050: Create mux clients for ACPI")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c
index 460792ed27e03..81fe1d96365b4 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c
@@ -57,11 +57,17 @@ static int asus_acpi_get_sensor_info(struct acpi_device *adev,
return -ENODEV;

cpm = buffer.pointer;
+ if (cpm->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE) {
+ kfree(buffer.pointer);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < cpm->package.count; ++i) {
union acpi_object *elem;
int j;

elem = &cpm->package.elements[i];
+ if (elem->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE)
+ continue;
for (j = 0; j < elem->package.count; ++j) {
union acpi_object *sub_elem;

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