[PATCH v2] gpiolib: fix stack out-of-bounds access in gpiochip_add_hog()
From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 05:42:42 EST
In gpiochip_add_hog(), parsing a device tree with an excessively large
"#gpio-cells" property causes a stack out-of-bounds write when populating
the GPIO specification.
The value read from #gpio-cells is used to copy the values into right
places in struct fwnode_reference_args but that struct's args field is
an array of size NR_FWNODE_REFERENCE_ARGS so a value larger than it will
make the loop write past the end of that array.
If #gpio-cells is 0, we can trigger a divide-by-zero later when
calculating the actual number of hogs.
If #gpio-cells is 1, we can also perform an out-of-bounds read of
the "gpios" array.
Reject #gpio-cells larger than NR_FWNODE_REFERENCE_ARGS, lower than 1
and make sure #gpio-cells is larger than 1 before checking the
active-low flag.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 802c51a83e9a ("gpiolib: fix hogs with multiple lines")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-fdec1c0e-c6e3-4eb6-8746-d68a3f951374
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Fix a potential divide-by-zero bug too (sashiko)
- Fix an off-by-one bug for #gpio-cells == 1
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20261105-gpiolib-hog-stack-corruption-v1-1-a47af9c51965@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 9282d9874e1109b7f030a3e83598ad016c2bf629..a11e65be476142e082ce76ffd2788c3cbe82d08f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -986,6 +986,8 @@ int gpiochip_add_hog(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(gc_node, "#gpio-cells", &cells);
if (ret && is_of_node(fwnode))
return ret;
+ if (cells < 1 || cells > NR_FWNODE_REFERENCE_ARGS)
+ return -EINVAL;
if (argc % cells)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1041,9 +1043,10 @@ int gpiochip_add_hog(struct gpio_chip *gc, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
} else {
/*
* GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW is currently the only lookup flag
- * supported for non-OF firmware nodes.
+ * supported for non-OF firmware nodes and it must live
+ * in the second cell.
*/
- if (gpios[i * cells + 1])
+ if (cells > 1 && gpios[i * cells + 1])
lflags |= GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW;
}
---
base-commit: 630059a5a632377b9b7b487baccde92b7ae1dd47
change-id: 20261105-gpiolib-hog-stack-corruption-431b647ea556
Best regards,
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Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>