This patch adds an essential check related to the size of the payload to be transferred via aux channel. Without this check dal_ddc_service_read_dpcd_data() is fed with inappropriate payload size leading to deadlocks. Signed-off-by: Shirish S <shirish.s at amd.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c index 39cfe0f..8291d74 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c @@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ static ssize_t dm_dp_aux_transfer(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, enum ddc_result res; ssize_t read_bytes; + if (WARN_ON(msg->size > 16)) + return -E2BIG; + switch (msg->request & ~DP_AUX_I2C_MOT) { case DP_AUX_NATIVE_READ: read_bytes = dal_ddc_service_read_dpcd_data( -- 2.7.4