[tip: x86/urgent] x86/amd_node: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
From: tip-bot2 for Jason Andryuk
Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 03:09:52 EST
The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:
Commit-ID: 2e56164f3761b01c14192452dbb66f307145fcc7
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/2e56164f3761b01c14192452dbb66f307145fcc7
Author: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:48:03 -04:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:54:25 +02:00
x86/amd_node: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
amd_smn_read/write() are exported functions around __amd_smn_rw(), so
they are always available even if amd_smn_init() fails. In that case,
'amd_roots' is NULL and __amd_smn_rw() will access uninitialized memory.
Then, commit:
83518453074d ("x86/amd_node: Add SMN offsets to exclusive region access")
added the 'smn_exclusive' flag, which indicated the calls to
pci_request_config_region_exclusive() succeeded, to prevent
concurrent userspace access.
Commit:
0a4b61d9c2e4 ("x86/amd_node: Fix AMD root device caching")
re-ordered initialization so pci_request_config_region_exclusive() is
called earlier and a failure exits amd_smn_init() before allocating
'amd_roots'. The setting of 'smn_exclusive' moved to the end of
amd_smn_init(), after 'amd_roots' is allocated. It became redundant
and can be removed.
Replace 'smn_exclusive' with directly checking 'amd_roots', to fix a
potential NULL pointer dereference and to simplify the logic.
[ bp: Reorg commit message, touchup comment. ]
[ mingo: Rebase & further touchups. ]
Fixes: 77466b798d59 ("x86/amd_node: Remove dependency on AMD_NB")
Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260825214805.39148-3-jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
index 408b9fd..7625857 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ static struct pci_dev **amd_roots;
/* Protect the PCI config register pairs used for SMN. */
static DEFINE_MUTEX(smn_mutex);
-static bool smn_exclusive;
#define SMN_INDEX_OFFSET 0x60
#define SMN_DATA_OFFSET 0x64
@@ -91,11 +90,16 @@ static int __amd_smn_rw(u8 i_off, u8 d_off, u16 node, u32 address, u32 *value, b
if (node >= amd_num_nodes())
return err;
- root = amd_roots[node];
- if (!root)
+ /*
+ * Uninitialized amd_roots indicates pci_request_config_region_exclusive()
+ * didn't run or failed and thus the kernel cannot rely on having
+ * exclusive access to SMN registers so prevent that.
+ */
+ if (!amd_roots)
return err;
- if (!smn_exclusive)
+ root = amd_roots[node];
+ if (!root)
return err;
guard(mutex)(&smn_mutex);
@@ -313,8 +317,6 @@ static int __init amd_smn_init(void)
debugfs_create_file("value", 0600, debugfs_dir, NULL, &smn_value_fops);
}
- smn_exclusive = true;
-
return 0;
}