FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: NULL pointer dereference from" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From bcd6aa7b6cbfd6f985f606c6f76046d782905820 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Murray McAllister <murray.mcallister@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 18:01:37 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: NULL pointer dereference from
 vmw_cmd_dx_view_define()

If SVGA_3D_CMD_DX_DEFINE_RENDERTARGET_VIEW is called with a surface
ID of SVGA3D_INVALID_ID, the srf struct will remain NULL after
vmw_cmd_res_check(), leading to a null pointer dereference in
vmw_view_add().

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: d80efd5cb3de ("drm/vmwgfx: Initial DX support")
Signed-off-by: Murray McAllister <murray.mcallister@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
index 315f9efce765..b4c7553d2814 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
@@ -2427,6 +2427,10 @@ static int vmw_cmd_dx_view_define(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	cmd = container_of(header, typeof(*cmd), header);
+	if (unlikely(cmd->sid == SVGA3D_INVALID_ID)) {
+		VMW_DEBUG_USER("Invalid surface id.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	ret = vmw_cmd_res_check(dev_priv, sw_context, vmw_res_surface,
 				VMW_RES_DIRTY_NONE, user_surface_converter,
 				&cmd->sid, &srf);