[PATCH] clocksource/drivers/timer-sp804: validate DT compatible before using it as a name

From: Pengpeng Hou

Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 03:57:36 EST


`sp804_of_init()` and `integrator_cp_of_init()` fetch raw
`"compatible"` bytes with `of_get_property()` and then pass the returned
pointer onward as the timer name.

That name is used in later clock lookup and clocksource / clockevent
registration paths, so malformed unterminated live-tree properties can
trigger out-of-bounds reads before timer initialization completes.

Validate the compatible string before using it as a C string.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
index d69858427359..8164ceefee06 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-sp804.c
@@ -284,7 +284,11 @@ static int __init sp804_of_init(struct device_node *np, struct sp804_timer *time
int irq, ret = -EINVAL;
u32 irq_num = 0;
struct clk *clk1, *clk2;
- const char *name = of_get_property(np, "compatible", NULL);
+ const char *name;
+
+ ret = of_property_read_string(np, "compatible", &name);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;

if (initialized) {
pr_debug("%pOF: skipping further SP804 timer device\n", np);
@@ -371,9 +375,13 @@ static int __init integrator_cp_of_init(struct device_node *np)
static int init_count = 0;
void __iomem *base;
int irq, ret = -EINVAL;
- const char *name = of_get_property(np, "compatible", NULL);
+ const char *name;
struct clk *clk;

+ ret = of_property_read_string(np, "compatible", &name);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
base = of_iomap(np, 0);
if (!base) {
pr_err("Failed to iomap\n");
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)