ACPI: EC: Ignore ECDT tables with an invalid ID string

On the MSI Modern 14 C5M the ECDT table contains invalid data:

	UID : 00000000
 GPE Number : 00	/* Invalid, 03 would be correct */
   Namepath : ""	/* Invalid, "\_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC" would
			 * be correct
			 */

This slows down the EC access as the wrong GPE event is used for
communication. Additionally the ID string is invalid.

Ignore such faulty ECDT tables by verifying that the ID string has
a valid format.

Tested-by: glpnk@proton.me
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250529235310.540530-1-W_Armin@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 6f42037..75c7db8 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
@@ -2031,6 +2033,21 @@ void __init acpi_ec_ecdt_probe(void)
                goto out;
        }
 
+       if (!strstarts(ecdt_ptr->id, "\\")) {
+               /*
+                * The ECDT table on some MSI notebooks contains invalid data, together
+                * with an empty ID string ("").
+                *
+                * Section 5.2.15 of the ACPI specification requires the ID string to be
+                * a "fully qualified reference to the (...) embedded controller device",
+                * so this string always has to start with a backslash.
+                *
+                * By verifying this we can avoid such faulty ECDT tables in a safe way.
+                */
+               pr_err(FW_BUG "Ignoring ECDT due to invalid ID string \"%s\"\n", ecdt_ptr->id);
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        ec = acpi_ec_alloc();
        if (!ec)
                goto out;