Re: [PATCH] ACPI: pfr_update: Fix the driver update version check

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On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The security-version-number check should be used rather
> than the runtime version check for driver update. Otherwise
> the firmware update would fail when the update binary
> has a lower number of the runtime version than the
> current one.
>
> Reported-by: "Govindarajulu, Hariganesh" <hariganesh.govindarajulu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>

A Fixes: tag, please?

Also, this is unlikely to get into 6.17-rc1, but I can make it into
6.17-rc2 if it is urgent enough, so how urgent is it?

> ---
>  drivers/acpi/pfr_update.c  | 2 +-
>  include/uapi/linux/pfrut.h | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pfr_update.c b/drivers/acpi/pfr_update.c
> index 031d1ba81b86..08b9b2bc2d97 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/pfr_update.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/pfr_update.c
> @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static bool applicable_image(const void *data, struct pfru_update_cap_info *cap,
>         if (type == PFRU_CODE_INJECT_TYPE)
>                 return payload_hdr->rt_ver >= cap->code_rt_version;
>
> -       return payload_hdr->rt_ver >= cap->drv_rt_version;
> +       return payload_hdr->svn_ver >= cap->drv_svn;
>  }
>
>  static void print_update_debug_info(struct pfru_updated_result *result,
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pfrut.h b/include/uapi/linux/pfrut.h
> index 42fa15f8310d..b77d5c210c26 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/pfrut.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pfrut.h
> @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct pfru_payload_hdr {
>         __u32 hw_ver;
>         __u32 rt_ver;
>         __u8 platform_id[16];
> +       __u32 svn_ver;
>  };
>
>  enum pfru_dsm_status {
> --
> 2.25.1
>





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