linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] drm/exynos: fix a possible null-pointer dereference due to data race in exynos_drm_crtc_atomic

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Message-ID: <095001d9b521$7887e360$6997aa20$@samsung.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:32:14 +0900
From:   대인기/Tizen Platform Lab(SR)/삼성전자 
        <inki.dae@...sung.com>
To:     "'Tuo Li'" <islituo@...il.com>, <sw0312.kim@...sung.com>,
        <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>, <airlied@...il.com>,
        <daniel@...ll.ch>, <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>
Cc:     <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <baijiaju1990@...look.com>,
        "'BassCheck'" <bass@...a.edu.cn>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] drm/exynos: fix a possible null-pointer dereference due
 to data race in exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable()



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 11:19 AM
> To: inki.dae@...sung.com; sw0312.kim@...sung.com;
> kyungmin.park@...sung.com; airlied@...il.com; daniel@...ll.ch;
> krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org; alim.akhtar@...sung.com
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org; linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org;
> linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> baijiaju1990@...look.com; Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>; BassCheck
> <bass@...a.edu.cn>
> Subject: [PATCH] drm/exynos: fix a possible null-pointer dereference due
> to data race in exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable()
> 
> The variable crtc->state->event is often protected by the lock
> crtc->dev->event_lock when is accessed. However, it is accessed as a
> condition of an if statement in exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable() without
> holding the lock:
> 
>   if (crtc->state->event && !crtc->state->active)
> 
> However, if crtc->state->event is changed to NULL by another thread right
> after the conditions of the if statement is checked to be true, a
> null-pointer dereference can occur in drm_crtc_send_vblank_event():
> 
>   e->pipe = pipe;
> 
> To fix this possible null-pointer dereference caused by data race, the
> spin lock coverage is extended to protect the if statement as well as the
> function call to drm_crtc_send_vblank_event().
> 
> Reported-by: BassCheck <bass@...a.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>

Applied.

Thanks,
Inki Dae

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c
> index 4153f302de7c..d19e796c2061 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c
> @@ -39,13 +39,12 @@ static void exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable(struct
> drm_crtc *crtc,
>  	if (exynos_crtc->ops->atomic_disable)
>  		exynos_crtc->ops->atomic_disable(exynos_crtc);
> 
> +	spin_lock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
>  	if (crtc->state->event && !crtc->state->active) {
> -		spin_lock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
>  		drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(crtc, crtc->state->event);
> -		spin_unlock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
> -
>  		crtc->state->event = NULL;
>  	}
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
>  }
> 
>  static int exynos_crtc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
> --
> 2.34.1