From: Yassine Mounir <sosohero200@gmail.com>
To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com, security@kernel.org,
rodrigo.vivi@intel.com, Yassine Mounir <sosohero200@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915: Fix UAF race between relocation and GEM_CLOSE
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:47:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260324134718.27331-1-sosohero200@gmail.com> (raw)
A use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability was identified in the i915 driver
within eb_relocate_vma. The issue arises from a race condition where
a concurrent DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CLOSE can drop the GEM object's reference
count to zero while the relocation thread is still processing entries.
This results in the kernel attempting to access freed memory in
eb_relocate_entry, leading to a display pipeline hang and potential
system instability.
Fix:
Wrap the relocation phase with i915_gem_object_get() and
i915_gem_object_put() to ensure the object remains valid throughout
the operation, even if user-space requests to close the handle.
Reported-by: Yassine Mounir (Toji1) <sosohero200@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yassine Mounir <sosohero200@gmail.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1542,7 +1542,11 @@ eb_relocate_vma(struct i915_execbuffer *eb, struct i915_vma *vma)
if (ret)
return ret;
+ /* Hold a reference to prevent UAF during concurrent GEM_CLOSE */
+ i915_gem_object_get(vma->obj);
ret = eb_relocate_entry(eb, vma, rel);
+ i915_gem_object_put(vma->obj);
+
if (ret)
return ret;
}
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-25 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-24 13:47 Yassine Mounir [this message]
2026-03-24 14:26 ` [PATCH] drm/i915: Fix UAF race between relocation and GEM_CLOSE Greg KH
2026-03-24 14:38 ` Yassine Mounir
2026-03-24 15:14 ` Greg KH
2026-03-24 15:25 ` Yassine Mounir
2026-03-25 16:06 ` ✗ LGCI.VerificationFailed: failure for " Patchwork
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