Re: [PATCH] Input: mx25-tcq - clamp the FIFO sample count to the buffer size

[Dmitry Torokhov]

Hi Liu,

On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 03:51:27PM +0800, Liu Chao wrote:
> MX25_ADCQ_SR_FDN() reports up to 31 pending samples.  The IRQ thread
> aligns the count down to a multiple of the sample count but never
> bounds it by the size of sample_buf, so a FIFO backlog larger than
> TSC_MAX_SAMPLES overruns the stack buffer.
> 
> Clamp the count before the alignment so that the result stays a
> multiple of sample_count.
> 
> Fixes: 4f7ed234f2a5 ("Input: touchscreen: Add imx25 TCQ driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

This is a platform device, not something that can be randomly connected.
SO barring silicon issues the condition should never happen. I do not
think this makes sense to backport this.

> Signed-off-by: Liu Chao <liuc63@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/input/touchscreen/fsl-imx25-tcq.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/fsl-imx25-tcq.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/fsl-imx25-tcq.c
> index ff270b3b8572..fa8d8b736723 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/fsl-imx25-tcq.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/fsl-imx25-tcq.c
> @@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mx25_tcq_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
>  	 */
>  	regmap_read(priv->regs, MX25_ADCQ_SR, &stats);
>  	samples = MX25_ADCQ_SR_FDN(stats);
> +	samples = min_t(unsigned int, samples, TSC_MAX_SAMPLES);

Why is it valid to clamp instead of refusing invalid data?

>  	samples -= samples % priv->sample_count;
>  
>  	if (!samples)

Thanks.

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Dmitry