From: Rafael J. Wysocki Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:17:45 +0000 (+0200) Subject: ACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6fcab2791543924d438e7fa49276d0998b0a069f;p=linux-block.git ACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing As reported in [1], a platform firmware update that increased the number of method parameters and forgot to update a least one of its callers, caused ACPICA to crash due to use-after-free. Since this a result of a clear AML issue that arguably cannot be fixed up by the interpreter (it cannot produce missing data out of thin air), address it by making ACPICA refuse to evaluate a method if the caller attempts to pass fewer arguments than expected to it. Closes: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/issues/1027 [1] Reported-by: Peter Williams Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede Tested-by: Hans de Goede # Dell XPS 9640 with BIOS 1.12.0 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/5909446.DvuYhMxLoT@rjwysocki.net Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c index c8f37f4e6626..fef6fb29ece4 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c @@ -483,6 +483,13 @@ acpi_ds_call_control_method(struct acpi_thread_state *thread, return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NULL_OBJECT); } + if (this_walk_state->num_operands < obj_desc->method.param_count) { + ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Missing argument for method [%4.4s]", + acpi_ut_get_node_name(method_node))); + + return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_ARG); + } + /* Init for new method, possibly wait on method mutex */ status =