From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Maaz Mombasawala" <maaz.mombasawala@broadcom.com>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Return gem fd handle for scanout buffers
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:11:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260820171105.7CBB61F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820165838.442723-1-maaz.mombasawala@broadcom.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
New issues:
- [Low] Passing an `int *` to a function expecting a `u32 *` causes an incompatible pointer type build failure.
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Concurrent lockless access to the RB-tree `vbo->res_tree` leads to tree corruption and an associated Use-After-Free window.
--
--- Patch [1]: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Return gem fd handle for scanout buffers ---
commit b5937886d1e50afefe640e402b3c52ae509b9578
Author: Maaz Mombasawala <maaz.mombasawala@broadcom.com>
drm/vmwgfx: Return gem fd handle for scanout buffers
When prime_handle_to_fd is called on a gem buffer handle, we return an
fd for the surface handle if the gem buffer backs a surface.
Return the gem buffer's handle instead for cases when the surface is a
scanout buffer.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
> index 38bea8abab84c..ff33ba1075a40 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
[ ... ]
> @@ -1180,9 +1180,11 @@ int vmw_gb_surface_define(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
> struct vmw_surface *vmw_lookup_surface_for_buffer(struct vmw_private *vmw,
> struct vmw_bo *bo,
> u32 handle);
> -u32 vmw_lookup_surface_handle_for_buffer(struct vmw_private *vmw,
> - struct vmw_bo *bo,
> - u32 handle);
> +void vmw_lookup_surface_and_handle_for_buffer(struct vmw_private *vmw,
> + struct vmw_bo *bo,
> + u32 handle,
> + u32 *srf_handle,
> + struct vmw_surface **p_srf);
> int vmw_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file_priv,
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_prime.c
> index 598b90ac7590b..7e6581ee09cc1 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_prime.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_prime.c
> @@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ int vmw_prime_handle_to_fd(struct drm_device *dev,
> struct vmw_private *vmw = vmw_priv(dev);
> struct ttm_object_file *tfile = vmw_fpriv(file_priv)->tfile;
> struct vmw_bo *vbo;
> + struct vmw_surface *surface = NULL;
> + int surf_handle = 0;
> int ret;
> - int surf_handle;
>
> if (handle > VMWGFX_NUM_MOB) {
> ret = ttm_prime_handle_to_fd(tfile, handle, flags, prime_fd);
> @@ -106,16 +107,19 @@ int vmw_prime_handle_to_fd(struct drm_device *dev,
> ret = drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd(dev, file_priv, handle,
> flags, prime_fd);
> } else {
> - surf_handle = vmw_lookup_surface_handle_for_buffer(vmw,
> - vbo,
> - handle);
> - if (surf_handle > 0)
> + vmw_lookup_surface_and_handle_for_buffer(vmw, vbo,
> + handle,
> + &surf_handle,
^^^^^^^^^^^^
[Severity: Low]
Does passing an int pointer to a parameter that expects a u32 pointer cause a
compiler warning or build failure?
The function signature for vmw_lookup_surface_and_handle_for_buffer() explicitly
requires a u32 pointer for the fourth parameter.
[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but does calling this locklessly
lead to tree corruption or a use-after-free?
When vmw_prime_handle_to_fd() calls vmw_lookup_surface_and_handle_for_buffer(),
it eventually calls vmw_bo_surface() which iterates over the vbo->res_tree
RB-tree locklessly:
drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_bo.c:vmw_bo_surface() {
...
for (rb_itr = rb_first(&vbo->res_tree); rb_itr;
rb_itr = rb_next(rb_itr)) {
...
}
Concurrently, other ioctls can acquire the dma_resv lock and modify the
res_tree. Can this concurrent modification result in an infinite loop or a
kernel crash?
Also, in vmw_lookup_user_surface_for_buffer(), the RCU read lock is acquired
after the pointer surf has already been retrieved:
drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c:vmw_lookup_user_surface_for_buffer() {
...
surf = vmw_bo_surface(bo);
if (surf) {
rcu_read_lock();
...
}
Could this leave a window where the object can be freed before the lock is
acquired?
> + &surface);
> + if (surface && !surface->metadata.scanout)
> ret = ttm_prime_handle_to_fd(tfile, surf_handle,
> flags, prime_fd);
> else
> ret = drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd(dev, file_priv,
> handle, flags,
> prime_fd);
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260820165838.442723-1-maaz.mombasawala@broadcom.com?part=1
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