If cros_ec_keyb_register_matrix() isn't called (due to
`buttons_switches_only`) in cros_ec_keyb_probe(), `ckdev->idev` remains
NULL. An invalid memory access is observed in cros_ec_keyb_process()
when receiving an EC_MKBP_EVENT_KEY_MATRIX event in cros_ec_keyb_work()
in such case.
Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address
0000000000000028
...
x3 :
0000000000000000 x2 :
0000000000000000
x1 :
0000000000000000 x0 :
0000000000000000
Call trace:
input_event
cros_ec_keyb_work
blocking_notifier_call_chain
ec_irq_thread
It's still unknown about why the kernel receives such malformed event,
in any cases, the kernel shouldn't access `ckdev->idev` and friends if
the driver doesn't intend to initialize them.
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104070310.3212712-1-tzungbi@kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
case EC_MKBP_EVENT_KEY_MATRIX:
pm_wakeup_event(ckdev->dev, 0);
+ if (!ckdev->idev) {
+ dev_warn_once(ckdev->dev,
+ "Unexpected key matrix event\n");
+ return NOTIFY_OK;
+ }
+
if (ckdev->ec->event_size != ckdev->cols) {
dev_err(ckdev->dev,
"Discarded incomplete key matrix event.\n");