[PATCH] platform/x86/intel/pmc: validate LPM mode without stale index

From: Yousef Alhouseen

Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 06:53:07 EST


pmc_lpm_mode_write() compares the requested mode with the loop variable
after pmc_for_each_mode(). If no low-power modes are enabled,
the loop never assigns that variable and the comparison reads an
uninitialized value.

Track a successful match explicitly, including the empty-mode case.

Signed-off-by: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.c
index 9f77c0716e59..9833df172d4e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmc/core.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,7 @@ static ssize_t pmc_core_lpm_latch_mode_write(struct file *file,
struct pmc_dev *pmcdev = s->private;
struct pmc *pmc = pmcdev->pmcs[PMC_IDX_MAIN];
bool clear = false, c10 = false;
+ bool mode_enabled = false;
unsigned char buf[8];
int mode;
u32 reg;
@@ -1167,11 +1168,16 @@ static ssize_t pmc_core_lpm_latch_mode_write(struct file *file,
mode = sysfs_match_string(pmc_lpm_modes, buf);

/* Check string matches enabled mode */
- pmc_for_each_mode(m, pmc)
- if (mode == m)
- break;
+ if (mode >= 0) {
+ pmc_for_each_mode(m, pmc) {
+ if (mode == m) {
+ mode_enabled = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }

- if (mode != m || mode < 0) {
+ if (!mode_enabled) {
if (sysfs_streq(buf, "clear"))
clear = true;
else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "c10"))
--
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