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authorDeepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>2026-03-09 16:18:59 +0530
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-04-02 14:40:27 +0200
commit93853512f565e625df2397f0d8050d6aafd7c3ad (patch)
tree61ea1e7e2561077a780d127587506ecb4c50f8c2
parent29f644f14b89e6c4965e3c89251929e451190a66 (diff)
comedi: dt2815: add hardware detection to prevent crash
The dt2815 driver crashes when attached to I/O ports without actual hardware present. This occurs because syzkaller or users can attach the driver to arbitrary I/O addresses via COMEDI_DEVCONFIG ioctl. When no hardware exists at the specified port, inb() operations return 0xff (floating bus), but outb() operations can trigger page faults due to undefined behavior, especially under race conditions: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000007fffff90 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page RIP: 0010:dt2815_attach+0x6e0/0x1110 Add hardware detection by reading the status register before attempting any write operations. If the read returns 0xff, assume no hardware is present and fail the attach with -ENODEV. This prevents crashes from outb() operations on non-existent hardware. Reported-by: syzbot+72f94b474d6e50b71ffc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=72f94b474d6e50b71ffc Tested-by: syzbot+72f94b474d6e50b71ffc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com> Link: [https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260126070458.10974-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/T/] Link: [https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260126070458.10974-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/T/ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260309104859.503529-1-kartikey406@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c b/drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c
index 03ba2fd18a21..d066dc303520 100644
--- a/drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c
+++ b/drivers/comedi/drivers/dt2815.c
@@ -175,6 +175,18 @@ static int dt2815_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_devconfig *it)
? current_range_type : voltage_range_type;
}
+ /*
+ * Check if hardware is present before attempting any I/O operations.
+ * Reading 0xff from status register typically indicates no hardware
+ * on the bus (floating bus reads as all 1s).
+ */
+ if (inb(dev->iobase + DT2815_STATUS) == 0xff) {
+ dev_err(dev->class_dev,
+ "No hardware detected at I/O base 0x%lx\n",
+ dev->iobase);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
/* Init the 2815 */
outb(0x00, dev->iobase + DT2815_STATUS);
for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {