[PATCH] mailbox: pcc: validate PCCT subspaces before parsing

From: Jiale Yao

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 10:28:16 EST


The PCC mailbox probe walks PCCT entries by their declared lengths
without checking that each entry is contained in the table. It also
passes generic headers to type-specific parsers without establishing the
required record size. Malformed firmware can therefore move the cursor
outside the PCCT or cause out-of-bounds field reads.

Validate the table header, each subspace range, and the minimum size for
supported subspace types during both the counting and probe passes.

Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mailbox/pcc.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
index 9888dab64639..37b2ddb44bda 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
@@ -553,6 +553,42 @@ static const struct mbox_chan_ops pcc_chan_ops = {
.last_tx_done = pcc_last_tx_done,
};

+static bool pcc_subspace_is_valid(struct acpi_subtable_header *entry,
+ unsigned long end)
+{
+ unsigned long start = (unsigned long)entry;
+ size_t length, min_length;
+
+ if (start >= end || end - start < sizeof(*entry))
+ return false;
+
+ length = entry->length;
+ if (length < sizeof(*entry) || length > end - start)
+ return false;
+
+ switch (entry->type) {
+ case ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_GENERIC_SUBSPACE:
+ min_length = sizeof(struct acpi_pcct_subspace);
+ break;
+ case ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE:
+ min_length = sizeof(struct acpi_pcct_hw_reduced);
+ break;
+ case ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE_TYPE2:
+ min_length = sizeof(struct acpi_pcct_hw_reduced_type2);
+ break;
+ case ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_EXT_PCC_MASTER_SUBSPACE:
+ min_length = sizeof(struct acpi_pcct_ext_pcc_master);
+ break;
+ case ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_EXT_PCC_SLAVE_SUBSPACE:
+ min_length = sizeof(struct acpi_pcct_ext_pcc_slave);
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return length >= min_length;
+}
+
/**
* parse_pcc_subspace - Count PCC subspaces defined
* @header: Pointer to the ACPI subtable header under the PCCT.
@@ -568,6 +604,9 @@ static int parse_pcc_subspace(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
{
struct acpi_pcct_subspace *ss = (struct acpi_pcct_subspace *) header;

+ if (!pcc_subspace_is_valid(&ss->header, end))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (ss->header.type < ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_RESERVED)
return 0;

@@ -812,6 +851,7 @@ static int pcc_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct acpi_table_header *pcct_tbl;
struct acpi_subtable_header *pcct_entry;
struct acpi_table_pcct *acpi_pcct_tbl;
+ unsigned long table_end;
acpi_status status = AE_OK;
int i, rc, count = pcc_chan_count;

@@ -821,6 +861,13 @@ static int pcc_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !pcct_tbl)
return -ENODEV;

+ acpi_pcct_tbl = (struct acpi_table_pcct *)pcct_tbl;
+ if (pcct_tbl->length < sizeof(*acpi_pcct_tbl)) {
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ goto err;
+ }
+ table_end = (unsigned long)pcct_tbl + pcct_tbl->length;
+
pcc_mbox_channels = devm_kcalloc(dev, count, sizeof(*pcc_mbox_channels),
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!pcc_mbox_channels) {
@@ -844,7 +891,6 @@ static int pcc_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pcct_entry = (struct acpi_subtable_header *) (
(unsigned long) pcct_tbl + sizeof(struct acpi_table_pcct));

- acpi_pcct_tbl = (struct acpi_table_pcct *) pcct_tbl;
if (acpi_pcct_tbl->flags & ACPI_PCCT_DOORBELL) {
pcc_mbox_ctrl->txdone_irq = true;
pcc_mbox_ctrl->txdone_poll = false;
@@ -856,6 +902,11 @@ static int pcc_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
struct pcc_chan_info *pchan = chan_info + i;

+ if (!pcc_subspace_is_valid(pcct_entry, table_end)) {
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ goto err;
+ }
+
pcc_mbox_channels[i].con_priv = pchan;
pchan->chan.mchan = &pcc_mbox_channels[i];

--
2.34.1