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Message-ID: <2d8d8583-3a39-b826-dd83-ba5bc4c5b082@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 10:30:44 +0200
From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
Helge Deller <deller@....de>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] fbdev: Prevent possible use-after-free in
fb_release()
Hello Thomas,
On 5/10/22 10:04, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
>
> Am 10.05.22 um 00:42 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
>> On 5/10/22 00:22, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> static void drm_fbdev_fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
>>>> {
>>>> + if (info->cmap.len)
>>>> + fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
>>>> +
>>>> drm_fbdev_release(info->par);
>>>> + framebuffer_release(info);
>>>
>>> I would put drm_fbdev_release at the beginning - it cancels workers
>>> which could expect cmap to be still valid.
>>>
>>
>> Indeed, you are correct again. [0] is the final version of the patch I've
>> but don't have an i915 test machine to give it a try. I'll test tomorrow
>> on my test systems to verify that it doesn't cause any regressions since
>> with other DRM drivers.
>
> You have to go through all DRM drivers that call drm_fb_helper_fini()
> and make sure that they free fb_info. For example armada appears to be
> leaking now. [1]
>
But shouldn't fb_info be freed when unregister_framebuffer() is called
through drm_dev_unregister() ? AFAICT the call chain is the following:
drm_put_dev()
drm_dev_unregister()
drm_client_dev_unregister()
drm_fbdev_client_unregister()
drm_fb_helper_unregister_fbi()
unregister_framebuffer()
do_unregister_framebuffer()
put_fb_info()
drm_fbdev_fb_destroy()
framebuffer_release()
which is the reason why I believe that drm_fb_helper_fini() should be
an internal static function and only called from drm_fbdev_fb_destroy().
Drivers shouldn't really explicitly call this helper in my opinion.
--
Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat
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