kernel/linux.git/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c, branch v7.1-rc5

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

Merge tag 'soc-drivers-6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc

2025-12-06T01:29:04+00:00

Pull SoC driver updates from Arnd Bergmann: "This is the first half of the driver changes: - A treewide interface change to the "syscore" operations for power management, as a preparation for future Tegra specific changes - Reset controller updates with added drivers for LAN969x, eic770 and RZ/G3S SoCs - Protection of system controller registers on Renesas and Google SoCs, to prevent trivially triggering a system crash from e.g. debugfs access - soc_device identification updates on Nvidia, Exynos and Mediatek - debugfs support in the ST STM32 firewall driver - Minor updates for SoC drivers on AMD/Xilinx, Renesas, Allwinner, TI - Cleanups for memory controller support on Nvidia and Renesas" * tag 'soc-drivers-6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (114 commits) memory: tegra186-emc: Fix missing put_bpmp Documentation: reset: Remove reset_controller_add_lookup() reset: fix BIT macro reference reset: rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() bug in probe reset: th1520: Support reset controllers in more subsystems reset: th1520: Prepare for supporting multiple controllers dt-bindings: reset: thead,th1520-reset: Add controllers for more subsys dt-bindings: reset: thead,th1520-reset: Remove non-VO-subsystem resets reset: remove legacy reset lookup code clk: davinci: psc: drop unused reset lookup reset: rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl: Add support for RZ/G3S SoC reset: rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl: Add support for USB PWRRDY dt-bindings: reset: renesas,rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl: Document RZ/G3S support reset: eswin: Add eic7700 reset driver dt-bindings: reset: eswin: Documentation for eic7700 SoC reset: sparx5: add LAN969x support dt-bindings: reset: microchip: Add LAN969x support soc: rockchip: grf: Add select correct PWM implementation on RK3368 soc/tegra: pmc: Add USB wake events for Tegra234 amba: tegra-ahb: Fix device leak on SMMU enable ...

syscore: Pass context data to callbacks

2025-11-14T09:01:52+00:00

Several drivers can benefit from registering per-instance data along with the syscore operations. To achieve this, move the modifiable fields out of the syscore_ops structure and into a separate struct syscore that can be registered with the framework. Add a void * driver data field for drivers to store contextual data that will be passed to the syscore ops. Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding

firmware: don't copy kernel creds

2025-11-04T11:36:10+00:00

No need to copy kernel credentials. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-work-creds-init_cred-v1-5-cb3ec8711a6a@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

fs: move name_contains_dotdot() to header

2025-06-16T15:01:22+00:00

Move the helper from the firmware specific code to a header so we can reuse it for coredump sockets. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250612-work-coredump-massage-v1-5-315c0c34ba94@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

firmware_loader: use SHA-256 library API instead of crypto_shash API

2025-04-30T19:55:54+00:00

This user of SHA-256 does not support any other algorithm, so the crypto_shash abstraction provides no value. Just use the SHA-256 library API instead, which is much simpler and easier to use. Also take advantage of printk's built-in hex conversion using %*phN. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250428190909.852705-1-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich

firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info()

2024-11-13T06:13:50+00:00

The alg instance should be released under the exception path, otherwise there may be resource leak here. To mitigate this, free the alg instance with crypto_free_shash when kmalloc fails. Fixes: 02fe26f25325 ("firmware_loader: Add debug message with checksum for FW file") Signed-off-by: Gaosheng Cui Reviewed-by: Amadeusz Sławiński Reviewed-by: Russ Weight Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241016110335.3677924-1-cuigaosheng1@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

firmware_loader: Reorganize kerneldoc parameter names

2024-10-14T06:21:09+00:00

Reorganize kerneldoc parameter names to match the parameter order in the function header. Problems identified using Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240930112121.95324-27-Julia.Lawall@inria.fr Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

firmware_loader: Block path traversal

2024-09-03T10:47:55+00:00

Most firmware names are hardcoded strings, or are constructed from fairly constrained format strings where the dynamic parts are just some hex numbers or such. However, there are a couple codepaths in the kernel where firmware file names contain string components that are passed through from a device or semi-privileged userspace; the ones I could find (not counting interfaces that require root privileges) are: - lpfc_sli4_request_firmware_update() seems to construct the firmware filename from "ModelName", a string that was previously parsed out of some descriptor ("Vital Product Data") in lpfc_fill_vpd() - nfp_net_fw_find() seems to construct a firmware filename from a model name coming from nfp_hwinfo_lookup(pf->hwinfo, "nffw.partno"), which I think parses some descriptor that was read from the device. (But this case likely isn't exploitable because the format string looks like "netronome/nic_%s", and there shouldn't be any *folders* starting with "netronome/nic_". The previous case was different because there, the "%s" is *at the start* of the format string.) - module_flash_fw_schedule() is reachable from the ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_FW_FLASH_ACT netlink command, which is marked as GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM (meaning CAP_NET_ADMIN inside a user namespace is enough to pass the privilege check), and takes a userspace-provided firmware name. (But I think to reach this case, you need to have CAP_NET_ADMIN over a network namespace that a special kind of ethernet device is mapped into, so I think this is not a viable attack path in practice.) Fix it by rejecting any firmware names containing ".." path components. For what it's worth, I went looking and haven't found any USB device drivers that use the firmware loader dangerously. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich Fixes: abb139e75c2c ("firmware: teach the kernel to load firmware files directly from the filesystem") Signed-off-by: Jann Horn Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240828-firmware-traversal-v3-1-c76529c63b5f@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman