[PATCH] net: fman: guard IRQ handlers against pre-init interrupt
From: ZhaoJinming
Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 04:51:09 EST
read_dts_node() registers shared interrupt handlers via
devm_request_irq() with fman as the dev_id, passing it to fman_irq()
and fman_err_irq(). At registration time, fman is only partially
initialized -- kzalloc_obj() zero-initializes all fields, so
fman->cfg and fman->fpm_regs are NULL.
The handlers guard against incomplete initialization via:
if (!is_init_done(fman->cfg))
return IRQ_NONE;
However, is_init_done(NULL) returns true (intended to indicate that
fman_init() has completed and cfg has been freed). This means when
cfg is NULL before fman_config() allocates it, the guard does not
take effect:
is_init_done(NULL) -> returns true
!true -> false
guard skipped -> proceeds to dereference NULL fpm_regs
If another device on the same shared IRQ line fires during the window
between devm_request_irq() and fman_init(), the handler accesses
NULL fman->fpm_regs via ioread32be(), causing a crash. The window
includes of_platform_populate() which can be slow.
Add an irq_ready flag to struct fman that is set to true only after
fman_init() completes in fman_probe(). Check this flag at the start
of fman_irq() and fman_err_irq() before any register access.
Use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for the flag accesses since it is a
cross-context shared variable written in process context and read
in interrupt context.
This issue was identified in code review during the discussion of a
separate IRQF_SHARED UAF fix patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260626162323.GE1310988@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c | 5 +++++
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c
index 013273a2de32..f14cb02d85a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c
@@ -2510,6 +2510,8 @@ static irqreturn_t fman_err_irq(int irq, void *handle)
struct fman_fpm_regs __iomem *fpm_rg;
irqreturn_t single_ret, ret = IRQ_NONE;
+ if (!READ_ONCE(fman->irq_ready))
+ return IRQ_NONE;
if (!is_init_done(fman->cfg))
return IRQ_NONE;
@@ -2608,6 +2610,8 @@ static irqreturn_t fman_irq(int irq, void *handle)
struct fman_fpm_regs __iomem *fpm_rg;
irqreturn_t single_ret, ret = IRQ_NONE;
+ if (!READ_ONCE(fman->irq_ready))
+ return IRQ_NONE;
if (!is_init_done(fman->cfg))
return IRQ_NONE;
@@ -2845,6 +2849,7 @@ static int fman_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
dev_err(dev, "%s: FMan init failed\n", __func__);
return -EINVAL;
}
+ WRITE_ONCE(fman->irq_ready, true);
if (fman->dts_params.err_irq == 0) {
fman_set_exception(fman, FMAN_EX_DMA_BUS_ERROR, false);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.h
index 74eb62eba0d7..ce06d5867a50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.h
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ struct fman {
struct fman_state_struct *state;
struct fman_cfg *cfg;
+ bool irq_ready; /* true after fman_init() completes */
struct muram_info *muram;
struct fman_keygen *keygen;
/* cam section in muram */
--
2.20.1