soc: qcom: geni-se: Fix write to read-only firmware buffer

geni_find_protocol_fw() casts fw->data to a non-const struct se_fw_hdr
pointer and writes back the rounded-up fw_size value:

        sefw->fw_size_in_items = cpu_to_le16(fw_size);

The firmware subsystem maps the firmware blob read-only. Writing through
the cast pointer causes a level-3 permission fault on AArch64 and
crashes the kernel during driver probe.

The write-back is no longer necessary: geni_find_protocol_fw() now
propagates the rounded size to the caller via fw_size_out. Remove the
write-back and make sefw (and the hdr pointer in the caller)
const-correct.

Fixes: d4bf06592a ("soc: qcom: geni-se: Add support to load QUP SE Firmware via Linux subsystem")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Viken Dadhaniya <viken.dadhaniya@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260821-fix-write-to-read-only-firmware-buffer-v3-4-43e6a3abd651@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Viken Dadhaniya 2026-08-21 12:06:20 +05:30 committed by Bjorn Andersson
parent 091269da39
commit f38399670d

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@ -1238,17 +1238,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(geni_se_resources_init);
* controller. Validates the firmware size against the hardware PROG_RAM_DEPTH
* read from SE_HW_PARAM_2.
*
* Return: pointer to a valid 'struct se_fw_hdr' if found, or NULL otherwise.
* Return: pointer to a valid 'const struct se_fw_hdr' if found, or NULL otherwise.
*/
static struct se_fw_hdr *geni_find_protocol_fw(struct geni_se *se, const struct firmware *fw,
enum geni_se_protocol_type protocol,
u32 *fw_size_out)
static const struct se_fw_hdr *geni_find_protocol_fw(struct geni_se *se, const struct firmware *fw,
enum geni_se_protocol_type protocol,
u32 *fw_size_out)
{
struct device *dev = se->dev;
const struct elf32_hdr *ehdr;
const struct elf32_phdr *phdrs;
const struct elf32_phdr *phdr;
struct se_fw_hdr *sefw;
const struct se_fw_hdr *sefw;
u32 fw_end, cfg_idx_end, cfg_val_end;
u32 prog_ram_depth;
u32 fw_size;
@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ static struct se_fw_hdr *geni_find_protocol_fw(struct geni_se *se, const struct
if (phdr->p_filesz < sizeof(struct se_fw_hdr))
continue;
sefw = (struct se_fw_hdr *)(fw->data + phdr->p_offset);
sefw = (const struct se_fw_hdr *)(fw->data + phdr->p_offset);
fw_size = le16_to_cpu(sefw->fw_size_in_items);
if (le32_to_cpu(sefw->magic) != SE_MAGIC_NUM || le32_to_cpu(sefw->version) != 1)
@ -1299,10 +1299,8 @@ static struct se_fw_hdr *geni_find_protocol_fw(struct geni_se *se, const struct
if (le16_to_cpu(sefw->serial_protocol) != protocol)
continue;
if (fw_size % 2 != 0) {
if (fw_size % 2 != 0)
fw_size++;
sefw->fw_size_in_items = cpu_to_le16(fw_size);
}
fw_end = le16_to_cpu(sefw->fw_offset) + fw_size * sizeof(u32);
cfg_idx_end = le16_to_cpu(sefw->cfg_idx_offset) +
@ -1437,15 +1435,15 @@ static int geni_load_se_fw(struct geni_se *se, const struct firmware *fw,
const u8 *cfg_idx_arr;
u32 i, reg_value, fw_size_in_items;
int ret;
struct se_fw_hdr *hdr;
const struct se_fw_hdr *hdr;
hdr = geni_find_protocol_fw(se, fw, protocol, &fw_size_in_items);
if (!hdr)
return -EINVAL;
fw_data = (const u32 *)((u8 *)hdr + le16_to_cpu(hdr->fw_offset));
fw_data = (const u32 *)((const u8 *)hdr + le16_to_cpu(hdr->fw_offset));
cfg_idx_arr = (const u8 *)hdr + le16_to_cpu(hdr->cfg_idx_offset);
cfg_val_arr = (const u32 *)((u8 *)hdr + le16_to_cpu(hdr->cfg_val_offset));
cfg_val_arr = (const u32 *)((const u8 *)hdr + le16_to_cpu(hdr->cfg_val_offset));
ret = geni_icc_set_bw(se);
if (ret)