[PATCH 2/2] scsi: pm8001: Match hw_event_resp to HBA data layout
From: Ronja Meyer
Date: Fri May 15 2026 - 08:40:41 EST
Correct the hw_event_resp struct definition to match the layout of data
sent by the HBA. Remove pointer arithmetics previously required to work
around incorrect struct definition.
Looking at the struct definition before this patch:
struct hw_event_resp {
[...]
struct sas_identify_frame sas_identify;
struct dev_to_host_fis sata_fis;
} __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
Previously the memcpy() in hw_event_sata_phy_up() crossed reading
from the sas_identify struct over into the sata_fis struct. This was
necessary, because the hw_event_resp struct definition didn't align
properly with what the HBA actually sent. The member sas_identify right
before the member sata_fis was 4 bytes too long, causing the first
4 bytes of the sata_fis to be shifted into the last 4 bytes of
sas_identify. The code worked around this by subtracting 4 bytes from
both the sata_fis pointer, as well as sizeof(sas_identify), when they
were used.
FORTIFY_SOURCE detected this deliberate choice to cross struct member
boundaries as an out-of-bounds read, even though in this case it didn't
lead to a vulnerability. Hence the following fortify-panic was
triggered:
kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:1044!
RIP: 0010:__fortify_panic+0x9/0x10
hw_event_sata_phy_up+0xea/0x120 [pm80xx]
process_one_iomb+0x634e/0x6360 [pm80xx]
process_oq+0x391/0x430 [pm80xx]
pm80xx_chip_isr+0x78/0x100 [pm80xx]
tasklet_action_common+0x16a/0x2b0
handle_softirqs+0xcd/0x2a0
__irq_exit_rcu+0x50/0x100
common_interrupt+0x89/0xa0
Furthermore hw_event_resp was 64 bytes before this patch, which is
4 bytes too long. Messages exchanged between the pm8001 and the host
kernel can be a maximum of 64 bytes, as defined in iomb_size. The
message structs defined in pm8001_hwi.h must have a size of 60 bytes,
in order to leave space for a 4 byte header that implicitly precedes
each message.
Luckily the code interacting with hw_event_resp doesn't ever seem to
read or write the last 4 bytes of the struct and doesn't seem to use
the incorrect size of the struct in a copy operation. Hence it doesn't
overflow in practice. Further the pm80xx driver was unaffected by this
bug. While the pm80xx struct was also 64 bytes, the message size on
pm80xx is 128 bytes. Hence it is able to fit the 68 byte header and
message without overflowing.
This is not security critical AFAICT.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: dbf9bfe61571 ("[SCSI] pm8001: add SAS/SATA HBA driver")
Co-developed-by: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ronja Meyer <rnj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c | 6 +++---
drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.h | 2 +-
drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c | 6 +++---
drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.h | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
index fff8d877abb9..e90f2d98d8ed 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
@@ -3164,8 +3164,8 @@ hw_event_sas_phy_up(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, void *piomb)
sas_notify_phy_event(&phy->sas_phy, PHYE_OOB_DONE, GFP_ATOMIC);
spin_lock_irqsave(&phy->sas_phy.frame_rcvd_lock, flags);
memcpy(phy->frame_rcvd, &pPayload->sas_identify,
- sizeof(struct sas_identify_frame)-4);
- phy->frame_rcvd_size = sizeof(struct sas_identify_frame) - 4;
+ sizeof(struct sas_identify_frame_local));
+ phy->frame_rcvd_size = sizeof(struct sas_identify_frame_local);
pm8001_get_attached_sas_addr(phy, phy->sas_phy.attached_sas_addr);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&phy->sas_phy.frame_rcvd_lock, flags);
if (pm8001_ha->flags == PM8001F_RUN_TIME)
@@ -3208,7 +3208,7 @@ hw_event_sata_phy_up(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, void *piomb)
phy->sas_phy.oob_mode = SATA_OOB_MODE;
sas_notify_phy_event(&phy->sas_phy, PHYE_OOB_DONE, GFP_ATOMIC);
spin_lock_irqsave(&phy->sas_phy.frame_rcvd_lock, flags);
- memcpy(phy->frame_rcvd, ((u8 *)&pPayload->sata_fis - 4),
+ memcpy(phy->frame_rcvd, &pPayload->sata_fis,
sizeof(struct dev_to_host_fis));
phy->frame_rcvd_size = sizeof(struct dev_to_host_fis);
phy->identify.target_port_protocols = SAS_PROTOCOL_SATA;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.h b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.h
index 14b162f93eb8..2b5483989886 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.h
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ struct hw_event_resp {
__le32 lr_evt_status_phyid_portid;
__le32 evt_param;
__le32 npip_portstate;
- struct sas_identify_frame sas_identify;
+ struct sas_identify_frame_local sas_identify; /* _local to omit CRC field */
struct dev_to_host_fis sata_fis;
} __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
index 954f307352e6..03293e9b84e6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
@@ -3241,8 +3241,8 @@ hw_event_sas_phy_up(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, void *piomb)
sas_notify_phy_event(&phy->sas_phy, PHYE_OOB_DONE, GFP_ATOMIC);
spin_lock_irqsave(&phy->sas_phy.frame_rcvd_lock, flags);
memcpy(phy->frame_rcvd, &pPayload->sas_identify,
- sizeof(struct sas_identify_frame)-4);
- phy->frame_rcvd_size = sizeof(struct sas_identify_frame) - 4;
+ sizeof(struct sas_identify_frame_local));
+ phy->frame_rcvd_size = sizeof(struct sas_identify_frame_local);
pm8001_get_attached_sas_addr(phy, phy->sas_phy.attached_sas_addr);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&phy->sas_phy.frame_rcvd_lock, flags);
if (pm8001_ha->flags == PM8001F_RUN_TIME)
@@ -3289,7 +3289,7 @@ hw_event_sata_phy_up(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, void *piomb)
phy->sas_phy.oob_mode = SATA_OOB_MODE;
sas_notify_phy_event(&phy->sas_phy, PHYE_OOB_DONE, GFP_ATOMIC);
spin_lock_irqsave(&phy->sas_phy.frame_rcvd_lock, flags);
- memcpy(phy->frame_rcvd, ((u8 *)&pPayload->sata_fis - 4),
+ memcpy(phy->frame_rcvd, &pPayload->sata_fis,
sizeof(struct dev_to_host_fis));
phy->frame_rcvd_size = sizeof(struct dev_to_host_fis);
phy->identify.target_port_protocols = SAS_PROTOCOL_SATA;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.h b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.h
index d8a63b7fed6a..5ccc010a2368 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.h
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ struct mpi_msg_hdr {
struct phy_start_req {
__le32 tag;
__le32 ase_sh_lm_slr_phyid;
- struct sas_identify_frame_local sas_identify; /* 28 Bytes */
+ struct sas_identify_frame_local sas_identify; /* _local to omit CRC field */
__le32 spasti;
u32 reserved[21];
} __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ struct hw_event_resp {
__le32 lr_status_evt_portid;
__le32 evt_param;
__le32 phyid_npip_portstate;
- struct sas_identify_frame sas_identify;
+ struct sas_identify_frame_local sas_identify; /* _local to omit CRC field */
struct dev_to_host_fis sata_fis;
} __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog