* [PATCH 1/1] udmabuf: reject unknown UDMABUF_CREATE flags
2026-07-01 17:21 [PATCH 0/1] udmabuf: reject unknown UDMABUF_CREATE flags Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez
@ 2026-07-01 17:21 ` Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez
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From: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez @ 2026-07-01 17:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kraxel, vivek.kasireddy
Cc: dri-devel, linux-kselftest, linux-kernel,
Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez
UDMABUF_CREATE and UDMABUF_CREATE_LIST only define
UDMABUF_FLAGS_CLOEXEC. Unknown flag bits were silently masked
before returning a dmabuf fd, so userspace could not detect
unsupported flags. Reject them with -EINVAL, consistent with
dma-heap flag validation.
Document the flag semantics in udmabuf.h and add a selftest.
Signed-off-by: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <ivanrwcm25@gmail.com>
---
drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c | 3 +++
include/uapi/linux/udmabuf.h | 13 +++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
index bced421c0d65..fb36c0d9ffe7 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ static long udmabuf_create(struct miscdevice *device,
long ret = -EINVAL;
u32 i, flags;
+ if (head->flags & ~UDMABUF_FLAGS_CLOEXEC)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
ubuf = kzalloc(sizeof(*ubuf), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ubuf)
return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/udmabuf.h b/include/uapi/linux/udmabuf.h
index 46b6532ed855..e267856dd510 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/udmabuf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/udmabuf.h
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
#define UDMABUF_FLAGS_CLOEXEC 0x01
+/**
+ * struct udmabuf_create - parameters for %UDMABUF_CREATE
+ * @memfd: memfd containing the memory to export
+ * @flags: %UDMABUF_FLAGS_CLOEXEC only; unknown bits are rejected
+ * @offset: byte offset into @memfd (page aligned)
+ * @size: number of bytes to export (page aligned, non-zero)
+ */
struct udmabuf_create {
__u32 memfd;
__u32 flags;
@@ -21,6 +28,12 @@ struct udmabuf_create_item {
__u64 size;
};
+/**
+ * struct udmabuf_create_list - parameters for %UDMABUF_CREATE_LIST
+ * @flags: %UDMABUF_FLAGS_CLOEXEC only; unknown bits are rejected
+ * @count: number of entries in @list (non-zero, capped by driver)
+ * @list: flexible array of memfd regions to combine
+ */
struct udmabuf_create_list {
__u32 flags;
__u32 count;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
index d78aec662586..95c781855404 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
void *addr1, *addr2;
ksft_print_header();
- ksft_set_plan(7);
+ ksft_set_plan(8);
devfd = open("/dev/udmabuf", O_RDWR);
if (devfd < 0) {
@@ -189,6 +189,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
else
ksft_test_result_pass("%s: [PASS,test-2]\n", TEST_PREFIX);
+ /* should fail (unknown flags) */
+ create.memfd = memfd;
+ create.offset = 0;
+ create.size = size;
+ create.flags = UDMABUF_FLAGS_CLOEXEC | 0x2;
+ buf = ioctl(devfd, UDMABUF_CREATE, &create);
+ if (buf >= 0)
+ ksft_test_result_fail("%s: [FAIL,test-unknown-flags]\n", TEST_PREFIX);
+ else
+ ksft_test_result_pass("%s: [PASS,test-unknown-flags]\n", TEST_PREFIX);
+ create.flags = 0;
+
/* should fail (not memfd) */
create.memfd = 0; /* stdin */
create.offset = 0;
--
2.43.0
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