[PATCH v3 2/2] iio: imu: inv_mpu6050: validate ACPI object types in asus_acpi_get_sensor_info()
From: Tristan Madani
Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 07:12:57 EST
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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.
Use acpi_evaluate_object_typed() to validate the outer object type
at evaluation time. Add a type check for each inner element before
accessing its package contents. Also replace kfree() with
ACPI_FREE() for the ACPI-allocated buffer.
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 | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c
index f7bce428d9eb4..e6a4de4fbffd2 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_acpi.c
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ static int asus_acpi_get_sensor_info(struct acpi_device *adev,
union acpi_object *cpm;
int ret;
- status = acpi_evaluate_object(adev->handle, "CNF0", NULL, &buffer);
+ status = acpi_evaluate_object_typed(adev->handle, "CNF0", NULL,
+ &buffer, ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
return -ENODEV;
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ static int asus_acpi_get_sensor_info(struct acpi_device *adev,
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;
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ static int asus_acpi_get_sensor_info(struct acpi_device *adev,
}
}
ret = cpm->package.count;
- kfree(buffer.pointer);
+ ACPI_FREE(buffer.pointer);
return ret;
}
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2.47.3