* [PATCH] drm/gem-dma: bound the mmap against the object size
@ 2026-08-05 8:01 Baul Lee
2026-08-05 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Baul Lee @ 2026-08-05 8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: maarten.lankhorst, mripard, tzimmermann, airlied, simona
Cc: dri-devel, linux-kernel, federico.kirschbaum, stable, Baul Lee
drm_gem_dma_mmap() passes the caller's request, not the object, as the
size of the buffer being mapped:
ret = dma_mmap_wc(drm_dev_dma_dev(dma_obj->base.dev), vma,
dma_obj->vaddr, dma_obj->dma_addr,
vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
dma_direct_mmap() derives its page count from that size, so count and
user_count are the same number and the bounds test degenerates into
"vm_pgoff must be zero":
unsigned long user_count = vma_pages(vma);
unsigned long count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
...
if (vma->vm_pgoff >= count || user_count > count - vma->vm_pgoff)
return -ENXIO;
remap_pfn_range() then installs writable PTEs for every frame the caller
asked for, starting at the object and running past its end.
On the DRM node that is unreachable: drm_gem_mmap_obj() rejects a VMA
larger than the object before the object's mmap function runs. The fbdev
emulation does not go through it. drm_fbdev_dma_fb_mmap() calls
drm_gem_prime_mmap(), which invokes obj->funcs->mmap() directly, so
/dev/fb0 accepts a length that /dev/dri/card0 refuses for the same object.
The framebuffer is contiguous CMA inside system DRAM, so the excess
mapping covers kernel-owned RAM, readable and writable, at an offset the
caller picks. On arm64 a 1 GiB mapping of an 8294400-byte framebuffer
object was accepted, and writes through it landed in the private memory
of another unprivileged process. Nothing is logged: every access comes
from userspace through a PTE the kernel installed. open() and mmap() on
/dev/fb0 are enough, so any member of group video reaches it.
Pass the object size to the DMA layer, which makes the dma_direct_mmap()
test meaningful, and check the VMA length the way drm_gem_mmap_obj() does
so both nodes reject the same request.
Fixes: b79fe9abd58b ("drm/fbdev-dma: Implement fbdev emulation for GEM DMA helpers")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c
@@ -531,6 +531,9 @@ int drm_gem_dma_mmap(struct drm_gem_dma_object *dma_obj, struct vm_area_struct *
struct drm_gem_object *obj = &dma_obj->base;
int ret;
+ if (obj->size < vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* Clear the VM_PFNMAP flag that was set by drm_gem_mmap(), and set the
* vm_pgoff (used as a fake buffer offset by DRM) to 0 as we want to map
@@ -543,12 +546,12 @@ int drm_gem_dma_mmap(struct drm_gem_dma_object *dma_obj, struct vm_area_struct *
vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
ret = dma_mmap_pages(drm_dev_dma_dev(dma_obj->base.dev),
- vma, vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start,
+ vma, obj->size,
virt_to_page(dma_obj->vaddr));
} else {
ret = dma_mmap_wc(drm_dev_dma_dev(dma_obj->base.dev), vma,
dma_obj->vaddr, dma_obj->dma_addr,
- vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
+ obj->size);
}
if (ret)
drm_gem_vm_close(vma);
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
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* Re: [PATCH] drm/gem-dma: bound the mmap against the object size
2026-08-05 8:01 [PATCH] drm/gem-dma: bound the mmap against the object size Baul Lee
@ 2026-08-05 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: sashiko-bot @ 2026-08-05 8:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Baul Lee; +Cc: dri-devel
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [Critical] Double put of the GEM object when dma_mmap_pages() or dma_mmap_wc() fails in drm_gem_dma_mmap(), leading to a potential use-after-free.
--
--- Patch [1]: [PATCH] drm/gem-dma: bound the mmap against the object size ---
commit ec72c1516cca4ec0e08262f650b80d864b2ece0c
Author: Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
drm/gem-dma: bound the mmap against the object size
This commit updates drm_gem_dma_mmap() to pass the object size to the DMA
layer instead of the VMA length. It also adds an early bounds check to
reject VMA lengths exceeding the object size.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c
> index 1c00a71ab3c9d..4211b404ded22 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -543,12 +546,12 @@ int drm_gem_dma_mmap(struct drm_gem_dma_object *dma_obj, struct vm_area_struct *
> vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
>
> ret = dma_mmap_pages(drm_dev_dma_dev(dma_obj->base.dev),
> - vma, vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start,
> + vma, obj->size,
> virt_to_page(dma_obj->vaddr));
> } else {
> ret = dma_mmap_wc(drm_dev_dma_dev(dma_obj->base.dev), vma,
> dma_obj->vaddr, dma_obj->dma_addr,
> - vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
> + obj->size);
> }
> if (ret)
> drm_gem_vm_close(vma);
[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but is it possible this error path causes a
double-put of the GEM object?
When a user calls mmap on a DRM device node under memory pressure,
drm_gem_mmap_obj() in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c sets vma->vm_private_data
to the object and then calls the object's mmap function:
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c:drm_gem_mmap_obj() {
...
vma->vm_private_data = obj;
...
ret = obj->funcs->mmap(obj, vma);
...
}
If the underlying dma_mmap_pages() or dma_mmap_wc() fails (for example,
returning -ENOMEM), drm_gem_dma_mmap() calls drm_gem_vm_close(vma), which
drops the first reference.
The error is then returned to drm_gem_mmap_obj(), which takes the error
path and drops a second reference:
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c:drm_gem_mmap_obj() {
...
err_drm_gem_object_put:
drm_gem_object_put(obj);
return ret;
}
Could this double-put lead to a use-after-free?
>
> return ret;
> }
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260805080147.12564-1-baul.lee@xbow.com?part=1
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