Re: [PATCH] thermal: intel: powerclamp: Fix NULL pointer access issue

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 1:38 AM Srinivas Pandruvada
<srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If the cur_state for the powerclamp cooling device is set to the default
> minimum state of 0, without setting first to cur_state > 0, this results
> in NULL pointer access.
>
> This NULL pointer access happens in the powercap core idle-inject function
> idle_inject_set_duration() as there is no NULL check for idle_inject_device
> pointer. This pointer must be allocated by calling idle_inject_register()
> or idle_inject_register_full().
>
> In the function powerclamp_set_cur_state(), idle_inject_device pointer is
> allocated only when the cur_state > 0. But setting 0 without changing to
> any other state, idle_inject_set_duration() will be called with a NULL
> idle_inject_device pointer.
>
> To address this just return from powerclamp_set_cur_state(), if the
> current cooling device state is same as the last one. Since the powerup
> default cooling device state is 0, changing the state to 0 again here
> will return without calling idle_inject_set_duration().
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 8526eb7fc75a ("thermal: intel: powerclamp: Use powercap idle-inject feature")
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217386
> Tested-by: Risto A. Paju <teknohog@xxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> This issue is can be reproduced from 6.3-rc1 kernel.
>
>  drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
> index 91fc7e239497..36243a3972fd 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
> @@ -703,6 +703,10 @@ static int powerclamp_set_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
>
>         new_target_ratio = clamp(new_target_ratio, 0UL,
>                                 (unsigned long) (max_idle - 1));
> +
> +       if (powerclamp_data.target_ratio == new_target_ratio)
> +               goto exit_set;
> +
>         if (!powerclamp_data.target_ratio && new_target_ratio > 0) {
>                 pr_info("Start idle injection to reduce power\n");
>                 powerclamp_data.target_ratio = new_target_ratio;
> --

Applied as 6.4-rc material, thanks!