[lvc-project] [PATCH v3] serial: 8250_mtk: correct max baud rate in set_termios() method
Fedor Pchelkin
pchelkin at ispras.ru
Sun Oct 19 16:32:46 MSK 2025
On Sat, 18. Oct 23:44, Sergey Shtylyov wrote:
> Commit 81bb549fdf14 ("serial: 8250_mtk: support big baud rate.") claimed
> the maximum supported baud rate to be 4 Mbps; of the Mediatek datasheets
> (I was able to get my hands on), only MT7987A datasheet did support this
> claim and MT7981B/88A datasheets disagreed, claiming just 3 Mbps maximum.
> However, this commit failed to enforce even the claimed maximum, passing
> port->uartclk to uart_get_baud_rate() for the maximum baud rate -- while
> the datasheets mention up to 52 MHz for the baud clock's frequency. This
> means that an integer overflow would happen (when multiplying the baud
> variable by 256) if a baud rate higher than 16777215 bps is passed via
> termios->c_ospeed (division by 0 will also happen when exactly 16777216
> bps is passed). Pass to uart_get_baud_rate() the documented maximum of
> 4 Mbps or port->uartclk (whichever happens to be lesser) -- this way,
> we can avoid both overflows and regression with the maximum baud rate...
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the Svace static
> analysis tool.
>
> Fixes: 81bb549fdf14 ("serial: 8250_mtk: support big baud rate.")
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov at omp.ru>
Tested-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin at ispras.ru>
on Banana Pi BPI-R4 with MediaTek MT7988A chipset.
Thanks!
>
> ---
> This patch is against the tty-linus branch of Greg KH's 'tty.git' repo.
>
> Changes in version #3:
> - updated the maximum baud rate to 4 Mbps;
> - rewrote the description again, adding more info on the MT798x datasheets
> studied, on how the bug manifests iself, and on the solution.
>
> Changes in version #2:
> - changed the approach to the problem (and hence rewrote the description);
> - removed "the" article from the subject for brevity.
>
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: tty/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
> ===================================================================
> --- tty.orig/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
> +++ tty/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
> @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ mtk8250_set_termios(struct uart_port *po
> */
> baud = uart_get_baud_rate(port, termios, old,
> port->uartclk / 16 / UART_DIV_MAX,
> - port->uartclk);
> + min(4000000U, port->uartclk));
>
> if (baud < 115200) {
> serial_port_out(port, MTK_UART_HIGHS, 0x0);
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