[PATCH v3 1/5] gpu: nova-core: validate firmware versions before debug logging
From: Zhi Wang
Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 11:19:20 EST
Firmware loaders currently use tlv.get_string(b"VERS")? inside dev_dbg!
arguments. The string conversion rejects non-printable ASCII, and its
error currently propagates even with debug assertions disabled.
Move those conversions before the logging calls so that making dev_dbg!
arguments conditional does not change firmware validation. Keep the
message text and the order of the remaining initialization unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Zhi Wang <zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/booter.rs | 8 ++------
drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fsp.rs | 3 ++-
drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs | 7 ++-----
drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gsp.rs | 3 ++-
drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/riscv.rs | 7 ++-----
5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/booter.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/booter.rs
index aa4458bb3312..6b5384e75c5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/booter.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/booter.rs
@@ -93,12 +93,8 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
};
let fw = request_tlv(dev, chipset, fw_name)?;
let tlv = Tlv::new(fw.data())?;
- dev_dbg!(
- dev,
- "loaded {} firmware v{}\n",
- fw_name,
- tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?
- );
+ let version = tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?;
+ dev_dbg!(dev, "loaded {} firmware v{}\n", fw_name, version);
let os_data_offset = tlv.get_u32(b"DAOF")?;
let os_data_size = tlv.get_u32(b"DASZ")?;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fsp.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fsp.rs
index d47b1d2a1030..308ce7889ced 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fsp.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fsp.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ impl<'a> FspFirmware<'a> {
pub(crate) fn new(dev: &'a device::Device<device::Bound>, chipset: Chipset) -> Result<Self> {
let fw = request_tlv(dev, chipset, "fmc")?;
let tlv = Tlv::new(fw.data())?;
- dev_dbg!(dev, "loaded fsp firmware v{}\n", tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?);
+ let version = tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?;
+ dev_dbg!(dev, "loaded fsp firmware v{}\n", version);
let fmc_image_data = tlv.get_bytes(b"BLOB")?;
let fmc_image = Coherent::from_slice(dev, fmc_image_data, GFP_KERNEL)?;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs
index a87878fe2aec..406995a24e7b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs
@@ -125,11 +125,8 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
) -> Result<Self> {
let fw = request_tlv(dev, chipset, "gen_bootloader")?;
let tlv = Tlv::new(fw.data())?;
- dev_dbg!(
- dev,
- "loaded generic bootloader firmware v{}\n",
- tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?
- );
+ let version = tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?;
+ dev_dbg!(dev, "loaded generic bootloader firmware v{}\n", version);
let ucode = {
let blob = tlv.get_bytes(b"BLOB")?;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gsp.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gsp.rs
index 22d1f9329c9f..ac741a97e759 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gsp.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gsp.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
pin_init::pin_init_scope(move || {
let firmware = request_tlv(dev, chipset, "gsp")?;
let tlv = Tlv::new(firmware.data())?;
- dev_dbg!(dev, "loaded gsp firmware v{}\n", tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?);
+ let version = tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?;
+ dev_dbg!(dev, "loaded gsp firmware v{}\n", version);
let size = usize::from_safe_cast(tlv.get_u32(b"SIZE")?);
let mut fw_vvec = VVec::zeroed(size, GFP_KERNEL).map_err(|_| ENOMEM)?;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/riscv.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/riscv.rs
index f05cfb1c65da..918908ebcac8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/riscv.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/riscv.rs
@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@ impl<'a> RiscvFirmware<'a> {
/// Parses the RISC-V firmware image contained in `fw`.
pub(crate) fn new(dev: &'a device::Device<device::Bound>, fw: &Firmware) -> Result<Self> {
let tlv = Tlv::new(fw.data())?;
- dev_dbg!(
- dev,
- "loaded gsp bootloader firmware v{}\n",
- tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?
- );
+ let version = tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?;
+ dev_dbg!(dev, "loaded gsp bootloader firmware v{}\n", version);
let code_offset = tlv.get_u32(b"CDOF")?;
let data_offset = tlv.get_u32(b"DAOF")?;
--
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