From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Hui Peng" <benquike@gmail.com>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: fix surface size overflow, execbuf bounds, and cursor/msg leaks
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:01:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919230113.9C3821F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260919223441.3884374-1-benquike@gmail.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/vmwgfx: Unconditional handle deletion destroys user GEM handles
- [High] drm/vmwgfx: UAF when dereferencing task_pgrp() without RCU read lock
- [Low] drm/vmwgfx: Redundant bounds checks duplicate existing logic
--
commit 6aae9fde1f923607d6ff8a6e9acd96d7a0082c2d
Author: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
drm/vmwgfx: fix surface size overflow, execbuf bounds, and cursor/msg leaks
This commit fixes multiple integer overflows, out-of-bounds accesses, and
resource leaks across drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
> @@ -1511,6 +1511,10 @@ static int vmw_cmd_dma(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
>
> cmd = container_of(header, typeof(*cmd), header);
>
> + if (unlikely(header->size < sizeof(cmd->body) + sizeof(*suffix))) {
> + VMW_DEBUG_USER("Invalid DMA command size.\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
[Severity: Low]
Is this duplicate check in vmw_cmd_dma() intentional? The exact same
condition for the header size is verified immediately below this block,
making this new check redundant.
> if (unlikely(header->size < sizeof(cmd->body) + sizeof(*suffix))) {
> VMW_DEBUG_USER("Illegal SVGA_3D_CMD_SURFACE_DMA size.\n");
> return -EINVAL;
> }
[ ... ]
> @@ -1572,6 +1576,10 @@ static int vmw_cmd_draw(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
> VMW_DECLARE_CMD_VAR(*cmd, SVGA3dCmdDrawPrimitives);
> SVGA3dVertexDecl *decl = (SVGA3dVertexDecl *)(
> (unsigned long)header + sizeof(*cmd));
> + if (unlikely(header->size < sizeof(cmd->body))) {
> + VMW_DEBUG_USER("Draw command size too small.\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
[Severity: Low]
Could we remove this duplicate check? We do the exact same verification
a few lines lower in vmw_cmd_draw() right after retrieving the command
body with container_of.
> SVGA3dPrimitiveRange *range;
> uint32_t i;
> uint32_t maxnum;
> int ret;
>
> cmd = container_of(header, typeof(*cmd), header);
>
> if (unlikely(header->size < sizeof(cmd->body))) {
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c
> @@ -1045,7 +1046,7 @@ int vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
> hypervisor_ppn_add((PPN64)page_to_pfn(page));
>
> dev_priv->mksstat_user_pages[slot] = page;
> - atomic_set(&dev_priv->mksstat_user_pids[slot], task_pgrp_vnr(current));
> + atomic_set(&dev_priv->mksstat_user_pids[slot], pid_nr(task_pgrp(current)));
[Severity: High]
Can this sequence cause a use-after-free? The function task_pgrp() returns
an RCU protected pointer, but it looks like we are calling pid_nr() here
without holding the rcu_read_lock.
If a concurrent sys_setpgid() changes the process group and drops the
reference to the old pid structure, and this thread is preempted right
before pid_nr() executes, could the RCU grace period expire and free the
pointer before we dereference it?
> arg->id = slot;
[ ... ]
> @@ -1104,7 +1105,7 @@ int vmw_mksstat_remove_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>
> DRM_DEV_INFO(dev->dev, "pid=%d arg.id=%zu\n", current->pid, slot);
>
> - pgid = task_pgrp_vnr(current);
> + pgid = pid_nr(task_pgrp(current));
[Severity: High]
Does this have the same RCU protection issue as in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()?
We are dereferencing the task_pgrp() return value outside of an RCU read
lock.
> pid = atomic_cmpxchg(&dev_priv->mksstat_user_pids[slot], pgid, MKSSTAT_PID_RESERVED);
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
> @@ -967,12 +979,14 @@ static int vmw_buffer_prime_to_surface_base(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
> if (ret) {
> drm_warn(&dev_priv->drm,
> "Couldn't add an object ref for the buffer (%d).\n", *handle);
> + ttm_base_object_unref(&base);
> goto out;
> }
>
> *base_p = base;
> out:
> vmw_user_bo_unref(&bo);
> + drm_gem_handle_delete(file_priv, *handle);
>
> return ret;
> }
[Severity: High]
Could this unconditional handle deletion destroy a GEM handle that is actively
owned by userspace?
The function drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle() will return an existing handle
if the userspace process previously imported the fd. By unconditionally calling
drm_gem_handle_delete() on both the success and error paths in
vmw_buffer_prime_to_surface_base(), the handle is permanently removed from
the object IDR table.
If the userspace application continues using the handle after this call,
might this revoke access or cause a use-after-free if the ID is recycled?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260919223441.3884374-1-benquike@gmail.com?part=1
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