linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] fbdev: Make fb_release() return -ENODEV if fbdev was unregistered

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Date:   Mon,  2 May 2022 15:50:14 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Junxiao Chang <junxiao.chang@...el.com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Changcheng Deng <deng.changcheng@....com.cn>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>,
        Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>,
        Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>,
        Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@...il.com>,
        Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@...il.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] fbdev: Make fb_release() return -ENODEV if fbdev was unregistered

A reference to the framebuffer device struct fb_info is stored in the file
private data, but this reference could no longer be valid and must not be
accessed directly. Instead, the file_fb_info() accessor function must be
used since it does sanity checking to make sure that the fb_info is valid.

This can happen for example if the registered framebuffer device is for a
driver that just uses a framebuffer provided by the system firmware. In
that case, the fbdev core would unregister the framebuffer device when a
real video driver is probed and ask to remove conflicting framebuffers.

The bug has been present for a long time but commit 27599aacbaef ("fbdev:
Hot-unplug firmware fb devices on forced removal") unmasked it since the
fbdev core started unregistering the framebuffers' devices associated.

Fixes: 27599aacbaef ("fbdev: Hot-unplug firmware fb devices on forced removal")
Reported-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
Reported-by: Junxiao Chang <junxiao.chang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
---

Changes in v2:
- Drop patch 1/2 since patch 2/2 should be enough to fix the issue.
- Add missing Fixes and Reported-by tags (Thomas Zimmermann).
- Add Thomas Zimmermann's Reviewed-by tag.

 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 84427470367b..82d4318ba8f7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1434,7 +1434,10 @@ fb_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 __acquires(&info->lock)
 __releases(&info->lock)
 {
-	struct fb_info * const info = file->private_data;
+	struct fb_info * const info = file_fb_info(file);
+
+	if (!info)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	lock_fb_info(info);
 	if (info->fbops->fb_release)
-- 
2.35.1