[PATCH] Input: applespi - validate ACPI property buffer length
From: Tristan Madani
Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 20:29:32 EST
applespi_get_spi_settings() reads three ACPI _DSD properties
(spiCSDelay, resetA2RUsec, resetRecUsec) as u64 values from their
buffer pointers without verifying that the buffer is at least 8
bytes long. If a firmware implementation provides a shorter buffer,
the u64 dereference reads beyond the allocated object.
Add buffer length checks before each u64 dereference.
Fixes: 038b1a05eae6 ("Input: add Apple SPI keyboard and trackpad driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c
index b5ff71cd5a701..25910786a6c45 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/applespi.c
@@ -642,19 +642,22 @@ static int applespi_get_spi_settings(struct applespi_data *applespi)
const union acpi_object *o;
struct spi_settings *settings = &applespi->spi_settings;
- if (!acpi_dev_get_property(adev, "spiCSDelay", ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, &o))
+ if (!acpi_dev_get_property(adev, "spiCSDelay", ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, &o) &&
+ o->buffer.length >= sizeof(u64))
settings->spi_cs_delay = *(u64 *)o->buffer.pointer;
else
dev_warn(&applespi->spi->dev,
"Property spiCSDelay not found\n");
- if (!acpi_dev_get_property(adev, "resetA2RUsec", ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, &o))
+ if (!acpi_dev_get_property(adev, "resetA2RUsec", ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, &o) &&
+ o->buffer.length >= sizeof(u64))
settings->reset_a2r_usec = *(u64 *)o->buffer.pointer;
else
dev_warn(&applespi->spi->dev,
"Property resetA2RUsec not found\n");
- if (!acpi_dev_get_property(adev, "resetRecUsec", ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, &o))
+ if (!acpi_dev_get_property(adev, "resetRecUsec", ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, &o) &&
+ o->buffer.length >= sizeof(u64))
settings->reset_rec_usec = *(u64 *)o->buffer.pointer;
else
dev_warn(&applespi->spi->dev,
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