[PATCH] dmaengine: ste_dma40: fix out-of-bounds access from D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Sun May 31 2026 - 17:08:43 EST


D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS is defined as 8, but the dma40_memcpy_channels[]
array only has 6 elements. This mismatch causes an out-of-bounds
issue:

1. d40_of_probe() accepts up to 8 memcpy channels from DT
(num_memcpy > D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS allows 7-8), then writes them
into the 6-element dma40_memcpy_channels[], corrupting adjacent
stack memory.

Fix by defining D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS as 6 to match the array size.

Fixes: a7dacb68b35a ("dmaengine: ste_dma40: Allow memcpy channels to be configured from DT")
Assisted-by: Opencode:Big-Pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index 0d9ffa3e2663..c45643b7f415 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct stedma40_platform_data {
#define D40_ALLOC_PHY BIT(30)
#define D40_ALLOC_LOG_FREE 0

-#define D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS 8
+#define D40_MEMCPY_MAX_CHANS 6

/* Reserved event lines for memcpy only. */
#define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_0 51
--
2.54.0