The address should be aligned to 4 byte boundary. So send an error for unaligned address. Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/intel_speed_select_if/isst_if_mmio.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_speed_select_if/isst_if_mmio.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_speed_select_if/isst_if_mmio.c index aa17fd7817f8..e7e9808a1aed 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_speed_select_if/isst_if_mmio.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_speed_select_if/isst_if_mmio.c @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ static long isst_if_mmio_rd_wr(u8 *cmd_ptr, int *write_only, int resume) if (io_reg->reg < 0x04 || io_reg->reg > 0xD0) return -EINVAL; + if (io_reg->reg % 4) + return -EINVAL; + if (io_reg->read_write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; -- 2.25.4