From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
To: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
Cc: "Haneen Mohammed" <hamohammed.sa@gmail.com>,
"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>,
"Melissa Wen" <melissa.srw@gmail.com>,
"Maarten Lankhorst" <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
"Maxime Ripard" <mripard@kernel.org>,
"Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
"David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
"Luca Ceresoli" <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>,
"José Expósito" <jose.exposito89@gmail.com>,
"Harry Wentland" <harry.wentland@amd.com>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH next] drm/vkms: Fix use after frees on error paths
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:15:23 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aPtfy2jCI_kb3Df7@stanley.mountain> (raw)
These error paths free a pointer and then dereference it on the next line
to get the error code. Save the error code first and then free the
memory.
Fixes: 3e4d5b30d2b2 ("drm/vkms: Allow to configure multiple CRTCs via configfs")
Fixes: 2f1734ba271b ("drm/vkms: Allow to configure multiple planes via configfs")
Fixes: 67d8cf92e13e ("drm/vkms: Allow to configure multiple encoders via configfs")
Fixes: 272acbca96a3 ("drm/vkms: Allow to configure multiple connectors via configfs")
Fixes: 13fc9b9745cc ("drm/vkms: Add and remove VKMS instances via configfs")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_configfs.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_configfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_configfs.c
index 07ab794e1052..506666e21c91 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_configfs.c
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static struct config_group *make_crtc_group(struct config_group *group,
{
struct vkms_configfs_device *dev;
struct vkms_configfs_crtc *crtc;
+ int ret;
dev = child_group_to_vkms_configfs_device(group);
@@ -219,8 +220,9 @@ static struct config_group *make_crtc_group(struct config_group *group,
crtc->config = vkms_config_create_crtc(dev->config);
if (IS_ERR(crtc->config)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(crtc->config);
kfree(crtc);
- return ERR_CAST(crtc->config);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
config_group_init_type_name(&crtc->group, name, &crtc_item_type);
@@ -358,6 +360,7 @@ static struct config_group *make_plane_group(struct config_group *group,
{
struct vkms_configfs_device *dev;
struct vkms_configfs_plane *plane;
+ int ret;
dev = child_group_to_vkms_configfs_device(group);
@@ -373,8 +376,9 @@ static struct config_group *make_plane_group(struct config_group *group,
plane->config = vkms_config_create_plane(dev->config);
if (IS_ERR(plane->config)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(plane->config);
kfree(plane);
- return ERR_CAST(plane->config);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
config_group_init_type_name(&plane->group, name, &plane_item_type);
@@ -472,6 +476,7 @@ static struct config_group *make_encoder_group(struct config_group *group,
{
struct vkms_configfs_device *dev;
struct vkms_configfs_encoder *encoder;
+ int ret;
dev = child_group_to_vkms_configfs_device(group);
@@ -487,8 +492,9 @@ static struct config_group *make_encoder_group(struct config_group *group,
encoder->config = vkms_config_create_encoder(dev->config);
if (IS_ERR(encoder->config)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(encoder->config);
kfree(encoder);
- return ERR_CAST(encoder->config);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
config_group_init_type_name(&encoder->group, name,
@@ -637,6 +643,7 @@ static struct config_group *make_connector_group(struct config_group *group,
{
struct vkms_configfs_device *dev;
struct vkms_configfs_connector *connector;
+ int ret;
dev = child_group_to_vkms_configfs_device(group);
@@ -652,8 +659,9 @@ static struct config_group *make_connector_group(struct config_group *group,
connector->config = vkms_config_create_connector(dev->config);
if (IS_ERR(connector->config)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(connector->config);
kfree(connector);
- return ERR_CAST(connector->config);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
config_group_init_type_name(&connector->group, name,
@@ -756,6 +764,7 @@ static struct config_group *make_device_group(struct config_group *group,
const char *name)
{
struct vkms_configfs_device *dev;
+ int ret;
if (strcmp(name, DEFAULT_DEVICE_NAME) == 0)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -766,8 +775,9 @@ static struct config_group *make_device_group(struct config_group *group,
dev->config = vkms_config_create(name);
if (IS_ERR(dev->config)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(dev->config);
kfree(dev);
- return ERR_CAST(dev->config);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
config_group_init_type_name(&dev->group, name, &device_item_type);
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-10-24 11:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-24 11:15 Dan Carpenter [this message]
2025-10-24 11:29 ` [PATCH next] drm/vkms: Fix use after frees on error paths José Expósito
2025-11-04 10:49 ` Louis Chauvet
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