[PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm) overflow check during multiplication

From: Alexandr Sapozhnikov

Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 10:30:30 EST


Added overflow checking when multiplying int by int and writing the result
to long to prevent data corruption due to overflow.

Fixes: b1986c8e31a3 ("hwmon: (dell-smm) Add support for fanX_min, fanX_max and fanX_target")
Signed-off-by: Alexandr Sapozhnikov <alsp705@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
index 1572b5416015..ee2fe651c07f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/thermal.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>

#include <linux/i8k.h>

@@ -736,6 +737,11 @@ static umode_t dell_smm_is_visible(const void *drvdata, enum hwmon_sensor_types
return 0;
}

+static int dell_smm_check_overflow(int a, int b)
+{
+ return (long long)a * (long long)b > LONG_MAX;
+}
+
static int dell_smm_read(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type, u32 attr, int channel,
long *val)
{
@@ -769,12 +775,17 @@ static int dell_smm_read(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type, u32 a

return 0;
case hwmon_fan_min:
+ if (dell_smm_check_overflow(data->fan_nominal_speed[channel][0], mult)
+ return -EINVAL;
*val = data->fan_nominal_speed[channel][0] * mult;

return 0;
case hwmon_fan_max:
+ if (dell_smm_check_overflow(
+ data->fan_nominal_speed[channel][data->i8k_fan_max], mult)
+ return -EINVAL;
*val = data->fan_nominal_speed[channel][data->i8k_fan_max] * mult;
-
+
return 0;
case hwmon_fan_target:
ret = i8k_get_fan_status(data, channel);
@@ -784,6 +795,8 @@ static int dell_smm_read(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type, u32 a
if (ret > data->i8k_fan_max)
ret = data->i8k_fan_max;

+ if (dell_smm_check_overflow(data->fan_nominal_speed[channel][ret], mult)
+ return -EINVAL;
*val = data->fan_nominal_speed[channel][ret] * mult;

return 0;
--
2.51.0