From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,
	Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@amd.com>,
	"Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>,
	"Mario Limonciello (AMD)" <superm1@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18 0957/1250] x86/amd_node: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:12:32 +0100
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6.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@amd.com>

commit aefdbd574a362dcf7569bada6d72f64a006b9fb9 upstream.

amd_smn_read/write() are exported functions around __amd_smn_rw(), so
they are always available even if amd_smn_init() fails. In that case,
'amd_roots' is NULL and __amd_smn_rw() will access uninitialized memory.

Then, commit:

  83518453074d ("x86/amd_node: Add SMN offsets to exclusive region access")

added the 'smn_exclusive' flag, which indicated the calls to
pci_request_config_region_exclusive() succeeded, to prevent
concurrent userspace access.

Commit:

  0a4b61d9c2e4 ("x86/amd_node: Fix AMD root device caching")

re-ordered initialization so pci_request_config_region_exclusive() is
called earlier and a failure exits amd_smn_init() before allocating
'amd_roots'. The setting of 'smn_exclusive' moved to the end of
amd_smn_init(), after 'amd_roots' is allocated. It became redundant
and can be removed.

Replace 'smn_exclusive' with directly checking 'amd_roots', to fix a
potential NULL pointer dereference and to simplify the logic.

  [ bp: Reorg commit message, touchup comment. ]
  [ mingo: Rebase & further touchups. ]

Fixes: 77466b798d59 ("x86/amd_node: Remove dependency on AMD_NB")
Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260825214805.39148-3-jason.andryuk@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c |   14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ static struct pci_dev **amd_roots;
 
 /* Protect the PCI config register pairs used for SMN. */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(smn_mutex);
-static bool smn_exclusive;
 
 #define SMN_INDEX_OFFSET	0x60
 #define SMN_DATA_OFFSET		0x64
@@ -91,11 +90,16 @@ static int __amd_smn_rw(u8 i_off, u8 d_o
 	if (node >= amd_num_nodes())
 		return err;
 
-	root = amd_roots[node];
-	if (!root)
+	/*
+	 * Uninitialized amd_roots indicates pci_request_config_region_exclusive()
+	 * didn't run or failed and thus the kernel cannot rely on having
+	 * exclusive access to SMN registers so prevent that.
+	 */
+	if (!amd_roots)
 		return err;
 
-	if (!smn_exclusive)
+	root = amd_roots[node];
+	if (!root)
 		return err;
 
 	guard(mutex)(&smn_mutex);
@@ -313,8 +317,6 @@ static int __init amd_smn_init(void)
 		debugfs_create_file("value",	0600, debugfs_dir, NULL, &smn_value_fops);
 	}
 
-	smn_exclusive = true;
-
 	return 0;
 }