[PATCH v3 2/2] misc: amd-sbi: Address copy_to/from_user() warning reported in smatch

From: Akshay Gupta
Date: Tue Jul 01 2025 - 01:41:35 EST


Smatch warnings are reported for below commit,

Commit bb13a84ed6b7 ("misc: amd-sbi: Add support for CPUID protocol")
from Apr 28, 2025 (linux-next), leads to the following Smatch static
checker warning:

drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c:376 apml_rmi_reg_xfer() warn: maybe return -EFAULT instead of the bytes remaining?
drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c:394 apml_mailbox_xfer() warn: maybe return -EFAULT instead of the bytes remaining?
drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c:411 apml_cpuid_xfer() warn: maybe return -EFAULT instead of the bytes remaining?
drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c:428 apml_mcamsr_xfer() warn: maybe return -EFAULT instead of the bytes remaining?

copy_to/from_user() returns number of bytes, not copied.
In case data not copied, return "-EFAULT".
Additionally, fixes the "-EPROTOTYPE" error return as intended.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aDVyO8ByVsceybk9@stanley.mountain/
Reviewed-by: Naveen Krishna Chatradhi <naveenkrishna.chatradhi@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Akshay Gupta <akshay.gupta@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes from v2:
- Update commit message to add, "fix the -EPROTOTYPE error return".

Changes from v1:
- Split patch as per Greg's suggestion

drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c b/drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c
index 3570f3b269a9..9048517c088c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/amd-sbi/rmi-core.c
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ static int apml_rmi_reg_xfer(struct sbrmi_data *data,
mutex_unlock(&data->lock);

if (msg.rflag && !ret)
- return copy_to_user(arg, &msg, sizeof(struct apml_reg_xfer_msg));
+ if (copy_to_user(arg, &msg, sizeof(struct apml_reg_xfer_msg)))
+ return -EFAULT;
return ret;
}

@@ -390,7 +391,9 @@ static int apml_mailbox_xfer(struct sbrmi_data *data, struct apml_mbox_msg __use
if (ret && ret != -EPROTOTYPE)
return ret;

- return copy_to_user(arg, &msg, sizeof(struct apml_mbox_msg));
+ if (copy_to_user(arg, &msg, sizeof(struct apml_mbox_msg)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return ret;
}

static int apml_cpuid_xfer(struct sbrmi_data *data, struct apml_cpuid_msg __user *arg)
@@ -407,7 +410,9 @@ static int apml_cpuid_xfer(struct sbrmi_data *data, struct apml_cpuid_msg __user
if (ret && ret != -EPROTOTYPE)
return ret;

- return copy_to_user(arg, &msg, sizeof(struct apml_cpuid_msg));
+ if (copy_to_user(arg, &msg, sizeof(struct apml_cpuid_msg)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return ret;
}

static int apml_mcamsr_xfer(struct sbrmi_data *data, struct apml_mcamsr_msg __user *arg)
@@ -424,7 +429,9 @@ static int apml_mcamsr_xfer(struct sbrmi_data *data, struct apml_mcamsr_msg __us
if (ret && ret != -EPROTOTYPE)
return ret;

- return copy_to_user(arg, &msg, sizeof(struct apml_mcamsr_msg));
+ if (copy_to_user(arg, &msg, sizeof(struct apml_mcamsr_msg)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return ret;
}

static long sbrmi_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
--
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