[PATCH] watchdog: airoha: validate heartbeat module parameter

From: Wayen Yan

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 01:26:24 EST


The probe function directly assigns the heartbeat module parameter to
wdog_dev->timeout without any validation. If heartbeat exceeds
max_timeout, the product timeout * wdt_freq (computed in
airoha_wdt_start()) can overflow the 32-bit WDT_TIMER_LOAD_VALUE
register, causing the watchdog to expire immediately and reboot the
system.

Fix by using watchdog_init_timeout() which validates the timeout
against [min_timeout, max_timeout] range, and falls back to the
device tree "timeout-sec" property if the module parameter is invalid.

Fixes: 3cf67f3769b8 ("watchdog: Add support for Airoha EN7851 watchdog")
Signed-off-by: Wayen Yan <win847@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/airoha_wdt.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/airoha_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/airoha_wdt.c
index dc8ca11c14d8..67160d760d84 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/airoha_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/airoha_wdt.c
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ static int airoha_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

/* Initialize struct watchdog device */
wdog_dev = &airoha_wdt->wdog_dev;
- wdog_dev->timeout = heartbeat;
wdog_dev->info = &airoha_wdt_info;
wdog_dev->ops = &airoha_wdt_ops;
/* Bus 300MHz, watchdog 150MHz, 28 seconds */
wdog_dev->max_timeout = FIELD_MAX(WDT_TIMER_VAL) / airoha_wdt->wdt_freq;
wdog_dev->parent = dev;

+ watchdog_init_timeout(wdog_dev, heartbeat, dev);
watchdog_set_drvdata(wdog_dev, airoha_wdt);
watchdog_set_nowayout(wdog_dev, nowayout);
watchdog_stop_on_unregister(wdog_dev);
--
2.51.0