Fwd: New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for Das U-Boot

Heiko Schocher hs at nabladev.com
Fri Aug 8 06:01:38 CEST 2025


Hello Dinesh,

On 08.08.25 05:37, Maniyam, Dinesh wrote:
> Hi
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Heiko Schocher <hs at nabladev.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, 7 August 2025 5:17 pm
>> To: u-boot at lists.denx.de; Maniyam, Dinesh <dinesh.maniyam at altera.com>
>> Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>; Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de>
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for Das U-Boot
>>
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>>
>> Hello Dinesh,
>>
>> On 06.08.25 20:35, Tom Rini wrote:
>>> Here's the latest report. Lets get these new issues addressed ASAP
>>> please, thanks.
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: <scan-admin at coverity.com>
>>> Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
>>> Subject: New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for Das U-Boot
>>> To: <tom.rini at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Please find the latest report on new defect(s) introduced to *Das
>>> U-Boot* found with Coverity Scan.
>>>
>>>      - *New Defects Found:* 8
>>>      - 4 defect(s), reported by Coverity Scan earlier, were marked fixed in
>>>      the recent build analyzed by Coverity Scan.
>>>      - *Defects Shown:* Showing 8 of 8 defect(s)
>>>
>>> Defect Details
>>>
>>> ** CID 583812:       Integer handling issues  (BAD_SHIFT)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 1001           in dw_i3c_probe()
>>
>> Could you please look at the issues on i3c parts, as I go on vacation, thanks!
>>
> 
> Yes, I am working on it, give me just a couple of days!

Of course, Thanks for your time!

bye,
Heiko
> 
> Thanks
> Dinesh
> 
>> @Tom: Feel free to pick up fixes, thanks!
>>
>> bye,
>> Heiko
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ____________________________
>>> *** CID 583812:         Integer handling issues  (BAD_SHIFT)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 1001             in dw_i3c_probe()
>>> 995           ret = readl(master->regs + DATA_BUFFER_STATUS_LEVEL);
>>> 996           master->caps.datafifodepth = DATA_BUFFER_STATUS_LEVEL_TX(ret);
>>> 997
>>> 998           ret = readl(master->regs + DEVICE_ADDR_TABLE_POINTER);
>>> 999           master->datstartaddr = ret;
>>> 1000          master->maxdevs = ret >> 16;
>>>>>>       CID 583812:         Integer handling issues  (BAD_SHIFT)
>>>>>>       In expression "0xffffffffffffffffUL >> 63 - (master->maxdevs - 1)", right
>> shifting by more than 63 bits has undefined behavior.  The shift amount, "63 -
>> (master->maxdevs - 1)", is 64.
>>> 1001          master->free_pos = GENMASK(master->maxdevs - 1, 0);
>>> 1002
>>> 1003          ret = i3c_master_register(&master->base, dev,
>>> 1004                                    &dw_mipi_i3c_ops, false);
>>> 1005          if (ret)
>>> 1006                  goto err_assert_rst;
>>>
>>> ** CID 583811:         (RESOURCE_LEAK)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1610           in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1586           in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1591           in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1598           in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1603           in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ____________________________
>>> *** CID 583811:           (RESOURCE_LEAK)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1610             in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> 1604          }
>>> 1605
>>> 1606          boardinfo->pid = ((u64)reg[1] << 32) | reg[2];
>>> 1607
>>> 1608          if ((boardinfo->pid & GENMASK_ULL(63, 48)) ||
>>> 1609              I3C_PID_RND_LOWER_32BITS(boardinfo->pid))
>>>>>>       CID 583811:           (RESOURCE_LEAK)
>>>>>>       Variable "boardinfo" going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.
>>> 1610                  return -EINVAL;
>>> 1611
>>> 1612          boardinfo->init_dyn_addr = init_dyn_addr;
>>> 1613          boardinfo->of_node = node;
>>> 1614          list_add_tail(&boardinfo->node, &master->boardinfo.i3c);
>>> 1615
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1586             in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> 1580          boardinfo = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*boardinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> 1581          if (!boardinfo)
>>> 1582                  return -ENOMEM;
>>> 1583
>>> 1584          if (reg[0]) {
>>> 1585                  if (reg[0] > I3C_MAX_ADDR)
>>>>>>       CID 583811:           (RESOURCE_LEAK)
>>>>>>       Variable "boardinfo" going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.
>>> 1586                          return -EINVAL;
>>> 1587
>>> 1588                  addrstatus = i3c_bus_get_addr_slot_status(&master->bus,
>>> 1589                                                            reg[0]);
>>> 1590                  if (addrstatus != I3C_ADDR_SLOT_FREE)
>>> 1591                          return -EINVAL;
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1591             in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> 1585                  if (reg[0] > I3C_MAX_ADDR)
>>> 1586                          return -EINVAL;
>>> 1587
>>> 1588                  addrstatus = i3c_bus_get_addr_slot_status(&master->bus,
>>> 1589                                                            reg[0]);
>>> 1590                  if (addrstatus != I3C_ADDR_SLOT_FREE)
>>>>>>       CID 583811:           (RESOURCE_LEAK)
>>>>>>       Variable "boardinfo" going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.
>>> 1591                          return -EINVAL;
>>> 1592          }
>>> 1593
>>> 1594          boardinfo->static_addr = reg[0];
>>> 1595
>>> 1596          if (!dev_read_u32(dev, "assigned-address", &init_dyn_addr)) {
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1598             in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> 1592          }
>>> 1593
>>> 1594          boardinfo->static_addr = reg[0];
>>> 1595
>>> 1596          if (!dev_read_u32(dev, "assigned-address", &init_dyn_addr)) {
>>> 1597                  if (init_dyn_addr > I3C_MAX_ADDR)
>>>>>>       CID 583811:           (RESOURCE_LEAK)
>>>>>>       Variable "boardinfo" going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.
>>> 1598                          return -EINVAL;
>>> 1599
>>> 1600                  addrstatus = i3c_bus_get_addr_slot_status(&master->bus,
>>> 1601                                                            init_dyn_addr);
>>> 1602                  if (addrstatus != I3C_ADDR_SLOT_FREE)
>>> 1603                          return -EINVAL;
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 1603             in of_i3c_master_add_i3c_boardinfo()
>>> 1597                  if (init_dyn_addr > I3C_MAX_ADDR)
>>> 1598                          return -EINVAL;
>>> 1599
>>> 1600                  addrstatus = i3c_bus_get_addr_slot_status(&master->bus,
>>> 1601                                                            init_dyn_addr);
>>> 1602                  if (addrstatus != I3C_ADDR_SLOT_FREE)
>>>>>>       CID 583811:           (RESOURCE_LEAK)
>>>>>>       Variable "boardinfo" going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.
>>> 1603                          return -EINVAL;
>>> 1604          }
>>> 1605
>>> 1606          boardinfo->pid = ((u64)reg[1] << 32) | reg[2];
>>> 1607
>>> 1608          if ((boardinfo->pid & GENMASK_ULL(63, 48)) ||
>>>
>>> ** CID 298388:       Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 579           in dw_i3c_ccc_get()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ____________________________
>>> *** CID 298388:         Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 579             in dw_i3c_ccc_get()
>>> 573                   return -ENOMEM;
>>> 574
>>> 575           cmd = xfer->cmds;
>>> 576           cmd->rx_buf = ccc->dests[0].payload.data;
>>> 577           cmd->rx_len = ccc->dests[0].payload.len;
>>> 578
>>>>>>       CID 298388:         Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>>>>>       Suspicious implicit sign extension: "ccc->dests[0].payload.len" with type
>> "u16" (16 bits, unsigned) is promoted in "ccc->dests[0].payload.len << 16" to type
>> "int" (32 bits, signed), then sign-extended to type "unsigned long" (64 bits,
>> unsigned).  If "ccc->dests[0].payload.len << 16" is greater than 0x7FFFFFFF, the
>> upper bits of the result will all be 1.
>>> 579           cmd->cmd_hi = COMMAND_PORT_ARG_DATA_LEN(ccc-
>>> dests[0].payload.len) |
>>> 580                         COMMAND_PORT_TRANSFER_ARG;
>>> 581
>>> 582           cmd->cmd_lo = COMMAND_PORT_READ_TRANSFER |
>>> 583                         COMMAND_PORT_CP |
>>> 584                         COMMAND_PORT_DEV_INDEX(pos) |
>>>
>>> ** CID 298037:       Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 375           in dw_i3c_clk_cfg()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ____________________________
>>> *** CID 298037:         Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 375             in dw_i3c_clk_cfg()
>>> 369           scl_timing = SCL_EXT_LCNT_1(lcnt);
>>> 370           lcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(core_rate, I3C_BUS_SDR2_SCL_RATE) - hcnt;
>>> 371           scl_timing |= SCL_EXT_LCNT_2(lcnt);
>>> 372           lcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(core_rate, I3C_BUS_SDR3_SCL_RATE) - hcnt;
>>> 373           scl_timing |= SCL_EXT_LCNT_3(lcnt);
>>> 374           lcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(core_rate, I3C_BUS_SDR4_SCL_RATE) - hcnt;
>>>>>>       CID 298037:         Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>>>>>       Suspicious implicit sign extension: "lcnt" with type "u8" (8 bits, unsigned)
>> is promoted in "lcnt << 24" to type "int" (32 bits, signed), then sign-extended to
>> type "unsigned long" (64 bits, unsigned).  If "lcnt << 24" is greater than
>> 0x7FFFFFFF, the upper bits of the result will all be 1.
>>> 375           scl_timing |= SCL_EXT_LCNT_4(lcnt);
>>> 376           writel(scl_timing, master->regs + SCL_EXT_LCNT_TIMING);
>>> 377
>>> 378           return 0;
>>> 379     }
>>> 380
>>>
>>> ** CID 296053:       Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 535           in dw_i3c_ccc_set()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ____________________________
>>> *** CID 296053:         Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 535             in dw_i3c_ccc_set()
>>> 529                   return -ENOMEM;
>>> 530
>>> 531           cmd = xfer->cmds;
>>> 532           cmd->tx_buf = ccc->dests[0].payload.data;
>>> 533           cmd->tx_len = ccc->dests[0].payload.len;
>>> 534
>>>>>>       CID 296053:         Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>>>>>       Suspicious implicit sign extension: "ccc->dests[0].payload.len" with type
>> "u16" (16 bits, unsigned) is promoted in "ccc->dests[0].payload.len << 16" to type
>> "int" (32 bits, signed), then sign-extended to type "unsigned long" (64 bits,
>> unsigned).  If "ccc->dests[0].payload.len << 16" is greater than 0x7FFFFFFF, the
>> upper bits of the result will all be 1.
>>> 535           cmd->cmd_hi = COMMAND_PORT_ARG_DATA_LEN(ccc-
>>> dests[0].payload.len) |
>>> 536                         COMMAND_PORT_TRANSFER_ARG;
>>> 537
>>> 538           cmd->cmd_lo = COMMAND_PORT_CP |
>>> 539                         COMMAND_PORT_DEV_INDEX(pos) |
>>> 540                         COMMAND_PORT_CMD(ccc->id) |
>>>
>>> ** CID 295976:         (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 395           in dw_i2c_clk_cfg()
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 401           in dw_i2c_clk_cfg()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ____________________________
>>> *** CID 295976:           (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 395             in dw_i2c_clk_cfg()
>>> 389                   return -EINVAL;
>>> 390
>>> 391           core_period = DIV_ROUND_UP(1000000000, core_rate);
>>> 392
>>> 393           lcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(I3C_BUS_I2C_FMP_TLOW_MIN_NS,
>> core_period);
>>> 394           hcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(core_rate,
>> I3C_BUS_I2C_FM_PLUS_SCL_RATE) - lcnt;
>>>>>>       CID 295976:           (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>>>>>       Suspicious implicit sign extension: "hcnt" with type "u16" (16 bits,
>> unsigned) is promoted in "hcnt << 16" to type "int" (32 bits, signed), then sign-
>> extended to type "unsigned long" (64 bits, unsigned).  If "hcnt << 16" is greater
>> than 0x7FFFFFFF, the upper bits of the result will all be 1.
>>> 395           scl_timing = SCL_I2C_FMP_TIMING_HCNT(hcnt) |
>>> 396                        SCL_I2C_FMP_TIMING_LCNT(lcnt);
>>> 397           writel(scl_timing, master->regs + SCL_I2C_FMP_TIMING);
>>> 398
>>> 399           lcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(I3C_BUS_I2C_FM_TLOW_MIN_NS,
>> core_period);
>>> 400           hcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(core_rate, I3C_BUS_I2C_FM_SCL_RATE) -
>> lcnt;
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 401             in dw_i2c_clk_cfg()
>>> 395           scl_timing = SCL_I2C_FMP_TIMING_HCNT(hcnt) |
>>> 396                        SCL_I2C_FMP_TIMING_LCNT(lcnt);
>>> 397           writel(scl_timing, master->regs + SCL_I2C_FMP_TIMING);
>>> 398
>>> 399           lcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(I3C_BUS_I2C_FM_TLOW_MIN_NS,
>> core_period);
>>> 400           hcnt = DIV_ROUND_UP(core_rate, I3C_BUS_I2C_FM_SCL_RATE) -
>> lcnt;
>>>>>>       CID 295976:           (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>>>>>       Suspicious implicit sign extension: "hcnt" with type "u16" (16 bits,
>> unsigned) is promoted in "hcnt << 16" to type "int" (32 bits, signed), then sign-
>> extended to type "unsigned long" (64 bits, unsigned).  If "hcnt << 16" is greater
>> than 0x7FFFFFFF, the upper bits of the result will all be 1.
>>> 401           scl_timing = SCL_I2C_FM_TIMING_HCNT(hcnt) |
>>> 402                        SCL_I2C_FM_TIMING_LCNT(lcnt);
>>> 403           writel(scl_timing, master->regs + SCL_I2C_FM_TIMING);
>>> 404
>>> 405           writel(BUS_I3C_MST_FREE(lcnt), master->regs +
>> BUS_FREE_TIMING);
>>> 406           writel(readl(master->regs + DEVICE_CTRL) |
>> DEV_CTRL_I2C_SLAVE_PRESENT,
>>>
>>> ** CID 294913:       Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 724           in dw_i3c_master_priv_xfers()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ____________________________
>>> *** CID 294913:         Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c: 724             in
>>> dw_i3c_master_priv_xfers()
>>> 718           if (!xfer)
>>> 719                   return -ENOMEM;
>>> 720
>>> 721           for (i = 0; i < i3c_nxfers; i++) {
>>> 722                   struct dw_i3c_cmd *cmd = &xfer->cmds[i];
>>> 723
>>>>>>       CID 294913:         Integer handling issues  (SIGN_EXTENSION)
>>>>>>       Suspicious implicit sign extension: "i3c_xfers[i].len" with type "u16" (16
>> bits, unsigned) is promoted in "i3c_xfers[i].len << 16" to type "int" (32 bits,
>> signed), then sign-extended to type "unsigned long" (64 bits, unsigned).  If
>> "i3c_xfers[i].len << 16" is greater than 0x7FFFFFFF, the upper bits of the result will
>> all be 1.
>>> 724                   cmd->cmd_hi =
>> COMMAND_PORT_ARG_DATA_LEN(i3c_xfers[i].len) |
>>> 725                           COMMAND_PORT_TRANSFER_ARG;
>>> 726
>>> 727                   if (i3c_xfers[i].rnw) {
>>> 728                           cmd->rx_buf = i3c_xfers[i].data.in;
>>> 729                           cmd->rx_len = i3c_xfers[i].len;
>>>
>>> ** CID 294627:       Integer handling issues  (BAD_SHIFT)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 181           in i3c_bus_get_addr_slot_status()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ____________________________
>>> *** CID 294627:         Integer handling issues  (BAD_SHIFT)
>>> /drivers/i3c/master.c: 181             in i3c_bus_get_addr_slot_status()
>>> 175           int status, bitpos = addr * 2;
>>> 176
>>> 177           if (addr > I2C_MAX_ADDR)
>>> 178                   return I3C_ADDR_SLOT_RSVD;
>>> 179
>>> 180           status = bus->addrslots[bitpos / BITS_PER_LONG];
>>>>>>       CID 294627:         Integer handling issues  (BAD_SHIFT)
>>>>>>       In expression "status >>= bitpos % 64", right shifting by more than 31 bits
>> has undefined behavior.  The shift amount, "bitpos % 64", is as much as 63.
>>> 181           status >>= bitpos % BITS_PER_LONG;
>>> 182
>>> 183           return status & I3C_ADDR_SLOT_STATUS_MASK;
>>> 184     }
>>> 185
>>> 186     static void i3c_bus_set_addr_slot_status(struct i3c_bus *bus, u16 addr,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> View Defects in Coverity Scan
>>> <https://scan.coverity.com/projects/das-u-boot?tab=overview>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> The Coverity Scan Admin Team
>>>
>>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>>
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