Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] auxdisplay: Add 7-segment LED display driver

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Mar 05 2024 - 03:23:31 EST


Hi Chris,

On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 4:59 AM Chris Packham
<chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add a driver for a 7-segment LED display. At the moment only one
> character is supported but it should be possible to expand this to
> support more characters and/or 14-segment displays in the future.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sorry, I spoke too soon...

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/seg-led-gpio.c

> +static void seg_led_update(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> + struct seg_led_priv *priv = container_of(work, struct seg_led_priv, work.work);
> + struct linedisp *linedisp = &priv->linedisp;
> + struct linedisp_map *map = linedisp->map;
> + DECLARE_BITMAP(values, 8) = { 0 };
> +
> + bitmap_set_value8(values, map_to_seg7(&map->map.seg7, linedisp->buf[0]), 0);
> +
> + gpiod_set_array_value_cansleep(priv->segment_gpios->ndescs, priv->segment_gpios->desc,
> + priv->segment_gpios->info, values);
> +}

> +static int seg_led_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct seg_led_priv *priv;
> + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> +
> + priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!priv)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
> +
> + priv->segment_gpios = devm_gpiod_get_array(dev, "segment", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
> + if (IS_ERR(priv->segment_gpios))
> + return PTR_ERR(priv->segment_gpios);

This needs some validation of priv->segment_gpios->ndescs, else the
call to gpiod_set_array_value_cansleep() in seg_led_update() may
trigger an out-of-bounds access of the values bitmap.

> +
> + return linedisp_register(&priv->linedisp, dev, 1, &seg_led_linedisp_ops);
> +}

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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