[PATCH v5] ALSA: control: Fix parsing of numeric fields

From: Sreeraj S Kurup

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 11:41:21 EST


parse_uint() passes the remaining input string to kstrtoull().

When the input contains comma-separated fields, the string
contains both the numeric value and the following fields.

For example, with:

device=1,subdevice=0,name=Master

kstrtoull() receives "1,subdevice=0,name=Master" and fails
to parse the numeric value.

Stop parsing at the next comma and pass only the numeric
field to kstrtouint().

Make all parse_*() functions return the end of the current
substring, leaving delimiter handling to set_led_id().
Temporarily terminate the numeric substring in parse_uint()
before calling kstrtouint().

This allows numeric fields to be parsed correctly in
comma-separated input.

Fixes: a135dfb5de15 ("ALSA: led control - add sysfs kcontrol LED marking layer")
Signed-off-by: Sreeraj S Kurup <sreekuttan2156239@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v5:
- Advance past the closing quote in the quoted-string
branch of parse_string().
- Ensure parse_string() returns the end of the current
substring for both quoted and unquoted strings.
v4:
- Make parse_*() functions consistently return the end of
the current substring.
- Let set_led_id() handle comma advancement.
- Use kstrtouint() after temporarily terminating the
numeric substring.
v3:
- No code changes. Retain the v2 implementation after
comparing the alternative approaches.
v2:
- Add the Fixes trailer.

sound/core/control_led.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/core/control_led.c b/sound/core/control_led.c
index 501387287ae6..1aadacfbd3c4 100644
--- a/sound/core/control_led.c
+++ b/sound/core/control_led.c
@@ -447,22 +447,23 @@ static const struct attribute_group *snd_ctl_led_dev_attr_groups[] = {
NULL,
};

+/* return the end of substring pointing to either comma or NUL */
static char *find_eos(char *s)
{
while (*s && *s != ',')
s++;
- if (*s)
- s++;
return s;
}

static char *parse_uint(char *s, unsigned int *val)
{
- unsigned long long res;
- if (kstrtoull(s, 10, &res))
- res = 0;
- *val = res;
- return find_eos(s);
+ char *end = find_eos(s);
+ char delimiter = *end;
+ *end = '\0';
+ if (kstrtouint(s, 10, val))
+ *val = 0;
+ *end = delimiter;
+ return end;
}

static char *parse_string(char *s, char *val, size_t val_size)
@@ -477,6 +478,8 @@ static char *parse_string(char *s, char *val, size_t val_size)
}
s++;
}
+ if (*s)
+ s++;
} else {
while (*s && *s != ',') {
if (val_size > 1) {
@@ -487,8 +490,6 @@ static char *parse_string(char *s, char *val, size_t val_size)
}
}
*val = '\0';
- if (*s)
- s++;
return s;
}

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2.55.0