[PATCH v6 01/25] drm/dumb-buffers: Sanitize output on errors

Thomas Zimmermann
2025-08-21T10:25:49Z

The ioctls MODE_CREATE_DUMB and MODE_MAP_DUMB return results into a
memory buffer supplied by user space. On errors, it is possible that
intermediate values are being returned. The exact semantics depends
on the DRM driver's implementation of these ioctls. Although this is
most-likely not a security problem in practice, avoid any uncertainty
by clearing the memory to 0 on errors.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ideasonboard.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dumb_buffers.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dumb_buffers.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dumb_buffers.c
index 70032bba1c97..9916aaf5b3f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dumb_buffers.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dumb_buffers.c
@@ -99,7 +99,30 @@ int drm_mode_create_dumb(struct drm_device *dev,
int drm_mode_create_dumb_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
{
- return drm_mode_create_dumb(dev, data, file_priv);
+ struct drm_mode_create_dumb *args = data;
+ int err;
+
+ err = drm_mode_create_dumb(dev, args, file_priv);
+ if (err) {
+ args->handle = 0;
+ args->pitch = 0;
+ args->size = 0;
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+
+static int drm_mode_mmap_dumb(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_mode_map_dumb *args,
+ struct drm_file *file_priv)
+{
+ if (!dev->driver->dumb_create)
+ return -ENOSYS;
+
+ if (dev->driver->dumb_map_offset)
+ return dev->driver->dumb_map_offset(file_priv, dev, args->handle,
+ &args->offset);
+ else
+ return drm_gem_dumb_map_offset(file_priv, dev, args->handle,
+ &args->offset);
}

/**
@@ -120,17 +143,12 @@ int drm_mode_mmap_dumb_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
{
struct drm_mode_map_dumb *args = data;
+ int err;

- if (!dev->driver->dumb_create)
- return -ENOSYS;
-
- if (dev->driver->dumb_map_offset)
- return dev->driver->dumb_map_offset(file_priv, dev,
- args->handle,
- &args->offset);
- else
- return drm_gem_dumb_map_offset(file_priv, dev, args->handle,
- &args->offset);
+ err = drm_mode_mmap_dumb(dev, args, file_priv);
+ if (err)
+ args->offset = 0;
+ return err;
}

int drm_mode_destroy_dumb(struct drm_device *dev, u32 handle,
--
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