[PATCH v2 1/6] tee: qcomtee: Track the object invocation context

From: Harshal Dev

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 03:01:48 EST


QCOMTEE needs to distinguish between object invocations arriving from
kernel clients and user-space clients in order to correctly marshal
UBUF parameters and decide whether certain operations should be permitted.

Introduce an enum tee_object_invoke_origin to allow clients to indicate
the context of the TEE object invocation, and add a kernel_ctx flag to the
QCOMTEE context so the TEE back-end can track it.

Signed-off-by: Harshal Dev <harshal.dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c | 11 ++++++++---
drivers/tee/qcomtee/qcomtee_object.h | 8 ++++++--
drivers/tee/tee_core.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/tee_core.h | 8 +++++++-
4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c b/drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c
index 0efc5646242a..03d33b118f6d 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c
@@ -393,15 +393,20 @@ static int qcomtee_root_object_check(u32 op, struct tee_param *params,
*/
static int qcomtee_object_invoke(struct tee_context *ctx,
struct tee_ioctl_object_invoke_arg *arg,
- struct tee_param *params)
+ struct tee_param *params,
+ enum tee_object_invoke_origin origin)
{
struct qcomtee_context_data *ctxdata = ctx->data;
struct qcomtee_object *object;
+ bool kernel_ctx = false;
int i, ret, result;

if (qcomtee_params_check(params, arg->num_params))
return -EINVAL;

+ if (origin == TEE_OBJECT_INVOKE_KERNEL)
+ kernel_ctx = true;
+
/* First, handle reserved operations: */
if (arg->op == QCOMTEE_MSG_OBJECT_OP_RELEASE) {
del_qtee_object(arg->id, ctxdata);
@@ -411,7 +416,7 @@ static int qcomtee_object_invoke(struct tee_context *ctx,

/* Otherwise, invoke a QTEE object: */
struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx *oic __free(kfree) =
- qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx_alloc(ctx);
+ qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx_alloc(ctx, kernel_ctx);
if (!oic)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -648,7 +653,7 @@ static void qcomtee_get_qtee_feature_list(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 id,
int result;

struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx *oic __free(kfree) =
- qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx_alloc(ctx);
+ qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx_alloc(ctx, true);
if (!oic)
return;

diff --git a/drivers/tee/qcomtee/qcomtee_object.h b/drivers/tee/qcomtee/qcomtee_object.h
index 8b4401ecad48..2528d07e4576 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/qcomtee/qcomtee_object.h
+++ b/drivers/tee/qcomtee/qcomtee_object.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static inline int qcomtee_args_len(struct qcomtee_arg *args)
* struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx - QTEE context for object invocation.
* @ctx: TEE context for this invocation.
* @flags: flags for the invocation context.
+ * @kernel_ctx: flag that indicates this context is owned by a kernel client.
* @errno: error code for the invocation.
* @object: current object invoked in this callback context.
* @u: array of arguments for the current invocation (+1 for ending arg).
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ static inline int qcomtee_args_len(struct qcomtee_arg *args)
struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx {
struct tee_context *ctx;
unsigned long flags;
+ bool kernel_ctx;
int errno;

struct qcomtee_object *object;
@@ -172,13 +174,15 @@ struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx {
};

static inline struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx *
-qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx_alloc(struct tee_context *ctx)
+qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx_alloc(struct tee_context *ctx, bool kernel_ctx)
{
struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx *oic;

oic = kzalloc_obj(*oic);
- if (oic)
+ if (oic) {
oic->ctx = ctx;
+ oic->kernel_ctx = kernel_ctx;
+ }
return oic;
}

diff --git a/drivers/tee/tee_core.c b/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
index ef9642d72672..dba5d4d2d47e 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
@@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ static int tee_ioctl_object_invoke(struct tee_context *ctx,
goto out;
}

- rc = ctx->teedev->desc->ops->object_invoke_func(ctx, &arg, params);
+ rc = ctx->teedev->desc->ops->object_invoke_func(ctx, &arg, params,
+ TEE_OBJECT_INVOKE_USERSPACE);
if (rc)
goto out;

diff --git a/include/linux/tee_core.h b/include/linux/tee_core.h
index f993d5118edd..bcb5418d6fdc 100644
--- a/include/linux/tee_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/tee_core.h
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ struct tee_device {
struct tee_shm_pool *pool;
};

+enum tee_object_invoke_origin {
+ TEE_OBJECT_INVOKE_USERSPACE,
+ TEE_OBJECT_INVOKE_KERNEL,
+};
+
/**
* struct tee_driver_ops - driver operations vtable
* @get_version: returns version of driver
@@ -117,7 +122,8 @@ struct tee_driver_ops {
struct tee_param *param);
int (*object_invoke_func)(struct tee_context *ctx,
struct tee_ioctl_object_invoke_arg *arg,
- struct tee_param *param);
+ struct tee_param *param,
+ enum tee_object_invoke_origin origin);
int (*cancel_req)(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 cancel_id, u32 session);
int (*supp_recv)(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 *func, u32 *num_params,
struct tee_param *param);

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2.34.1