[PATCH v3 2/5] wifi: ath9k: name the register multi-read limit
From: Nerijus Bendžiūnas
Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 14:53:41 EST
ath9k_multi_regread() converts the addresses and the results through
fixed 8-entry arrays and does not check the count it is given, so every
REG_READ_MULTI() caller has to stay at 8 or below, which nothing
states. Two callers ask for exactly 8: ar9271_hw_pa_cal() through
REG_READ_ARRAY() and ath9k_hw_usb_gen_fill_eeprom().
Define ATH9K_MULTI_READ_MAX next to REG_READ_MULTI() and size the
arrays with it. A larger count warns once and is reported as a failed
read, all ones, instead of writing past the arrays.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5-1
Signed-off-by: Nerijus Bendžiūnas <nerijus.bendziunas@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c | 9 +++++++--
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
index f5844e9bdd2d..3d4c6f9f6e95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
@@ -258,10 +258,15 @@ static void ath9k_multi_regread(void *hw_priv, u32 *addr,
struct ath_hw *ah = hw_priv;
struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv = common->priv;
- __be32 tmpaddr[8];
- __be32 tmpval[8];
+ __be32 tmpaddr[ATH9K_MULTI_READ_MAX];
+ __be32 tmpval[ATH9K_MULTI_READ_MAX];
int i, ret;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(count > ATH9K_MULTI_READ_MAX)) {
+ memset(val, 0xff, sizeof(*val) * count);
+ return;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
tmpaddr[i] = cpu_to_be32(addr[i]);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
index b942b8303d8f..211d42c92796 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@
#define REG_READ(_ah, _reg) \
(_ah)->reg_ops.read((_ah), (_reg))
+/*
+ * Maximum number of registers one REG_READ_MULTI() may ask for. The ath9k_htc
+ * implementation converts the addresses and the results through fixed arrays
+ * of this size; callers must split larger reads themselves.
+ */
+#define ATH9K_MULTI_READ_MAX 8
+
#define REG_READ_MULTI(_ah, _addr, _val, _cnt) \
(_ah)->reg_ops.multi_read((_ah), (_addr), (_val), (_cnt))
--
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