[PATCH v7 06/10] mfd: nct6694: Transfer command payloads via a dedicated DMA buffer
From: a0282524688
Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 23:43:52 EST
From: Ming Yu <a0282524688@xxxxxxxxx>
The transport hands the caller's payload buffer straight to
usb_bulk_msg(). Sub-device drivers embed those buffers in their private
data structures, so they are neither cacheline aligned nor exclusively
owned by the transfer. On non-coherent architectures, mapping such a
buffer for DMA can corrupt the unrelated fields sharing its cachelines.
Transfer the payload through a buffer owned by the transport instead,
and reject commands exceeding the maximum firmware packet size.
Fixes: 51dad33ede63 ("mfd: Add core driver for Nuvoton NCT6694")
Signed-off-by: Ming Yu <a0282524688@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v7:
- New patch. Fixes the DMA-unsafe use of caller-owned payload buffers
reported on v6 patch 6/7.
drivers/mfd/nct6694-usb.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
include/linux/mfd/nct6694.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/nct6694-usb.c b/drivers/mfd/nct6694-usb.c
index 2289ebfde7fa..793ce54c02aa 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/nct6694-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/nct6694-usb.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct nct6694_usb_data {
struct urb *int_in_urb;
struct usb_device *udev;
union nct6694_usb_msg *usb_msg;
+ void *xfer_buf;
__le32 *int_buffer;
};
@@ -120,8 +121,12 @@ int nct6694_usb_read_msg(struct nct6694 *nct6694,
struct nct6694_usb_data *udata = nct6694->priv;
union nct6694_usb_msg *msg = udata->usb_msg;
struct usb_device *udev = udata->udev;
+ u16 len = le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len);
int tx_len, rx_len, ret;
+ if (len > NCT6694_MAX_PACKET_SIZE)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
guard(mutex)(&udata->access_lock);
memcpy(&msg->cmd_header, cmd_hd, sizeof(*cmd_hd));
@@ -140,17 +145,19 @@ int nct6694_usb_read_msg(struct nct6694 *nct6694,
return ret;
/* Receive data packet from USB device */
- ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, usb_rcvbulkpipe(udev, NCT6694_BULK_IN_EP), buf,
- le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len), &rx_len, NCT6694_URB_TIMEOUT);
+ ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, usb_rcvbulkpipe(udev, NCT6694_BULK_IN_EP), udata->xfer_buf,
+ len, &rx_len, NCT6694_URB_TIMEOUT);
if (ret)
return ret;
- if (rx_len != le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len)) {
+ if (rx_len != len) {
dev_err(nct6694->dev, "Expected received length %d, but got %d\n",
- le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len), rx_len);
+ len, rx_len);
return -EIO;
}
+ memcpy(buf, udata->xfer_buf, len);
+
return nct6694_usb_err_handling(nct6694, msg->response_header.sts);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nct6694_usb_read_msg);
@@ -173,12 +180,17 @@ int nct6694_usb_write_msg(struct nct6694 *nct6694,
struct nct6694_usb_data *udata = nct6694->priv;
union nct6694_usb_msg *msg = udata->usb_msg;
struct usb_device *udev = udata->udev;
+ u16 len = le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len);
int tx_len, rx_len, ret;
+ if (len > NCT6694_MAX_PACKET_SIZE)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
guard(mutex)(&udata->access_lock);
memcpy(&msg->cmd_header, cmd_hd, sizeof(*cmd_hd));
msg->cmd_header.hctrl = NCT6694_HCTRL_SET;
+ memcpy(udata->xfer_buf, buf, len);
/* Send command packet to USB device */
ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, NCT6694_BULK_OUT_EP), &msg->cmd_header,
@@ -187,8 +199,8 @@ int nct6694_usb_write_msg(struct nct6694 *nct6694,
return ret;
/* Send data packet to USB device */
- ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, NCT6694_BULK_OUT_EP), buf,
- le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len), &tx_len, NCT6694_URB_TIMEOUT);
+ ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, NCT6694_BULK_OUT_EP), udata->xfer_buf,
+ len, &tx_len, NCT6694_URB_TIMEOUT);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -199,17 +211,19 @@ int nct6694_usb_write_msg(struct nct6694 *nct6694,
return ret;
/* Receive data packet from USB device */
- ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, usb_rcvbulkpipe(udev, NCT6694_BULK_IN_EP), buf,
- le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len), &rx_len, NCT6694_URB_TIMEOUT);
+ ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, usb_rcvbulkpipe(udev, NCT6694_BULK_IN_EP), udata->xfer_buf,
+ len, &rx_len, NCT6694_URB_TIMEOUT);
if (ret)
return ret;
- if (rx_len != le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len)) {
+ if (rx_len != len) {
dev_err(nct6694->dev, "Expected transmitted length %d, but got %d\n",
- le16_to_cpu(cmd_hd->len), rx_len);
+ len, rx_len);
return -EIO;
}
+ memcpy(buf, udata->xfer_buf, len);
+
return nct6694_usb_err_handling(nct6694, msg->response_header.sts);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nct6694_usb_write_msg);
@@ -270,6 +284,10 @@ static int nct6694_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
if (!udata->usb_msg)
return -ENOMEM;
+ udata->xfer_buf = devm_kzalloc(dev, NCT6694_MAX_PACKET_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!udata->xfer_buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
udata->int_buffer = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*udata->int_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!udata->int_buffer)
return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/nct6694.h b/include/linux/mfd/nct6694.h
index 853b1530755d..cb311e58a437 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/nct6694.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/nct6694.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ struct mfd_cell;
#define NCT6694_HCTRL_SET 0x40
#define NCT6694_HCTRL_GET 0x80
+/* Maximum payload length the firmware accepts in a single command */
+#define NCT6694_MAX_PACKET_SIZE 0x3F0
+
enum nct6694_irq_id {
NCT6694_IRQ_GPIO0 = 0,
NCT6694_IRQ_GPIO1,
--
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