From f38399670d0701ede4f8da397807aa64d7dc98be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Viken Dadhaniya Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:06:20 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] 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: d4bf06592ad6 ("soc: qcom: geni-se: Add support to load QUP SE Firmware via Linux subsystem") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio Signed-off-by: Viken Dadhaniya 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 --- drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-geni-se.c | 22 ++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-geni-se.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-geni-se.c index 11ca8223fbcd..6ac2bdc16984 100644 --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-geni-se.c +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-geni-se.c @@ -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)