From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: Slawomir Stepien <sst@poczta.fm>,
syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com, airlied@gmail.com,
airlied@redhat.com, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
kraxel@redhat.com, maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com,
mripard@kernel.org, simona@ffwll.ch,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev
Cc: jani.nikula@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot@lists.linux.dev,
syzbot+2442951a6abb004df963@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/cirrus-qemu: Validate BAR0 size during probe
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:15:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7a3b43c7-91f0-4b24-b8fe-09dfbdc5296b@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825120729.493611-1-sst@poczta.fm>
Hi
Am 25.08.26 um 14:07 schrieb Slawomir Stepien:
> The `cirrus-qemu` driver relies on `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE` (4 MB) to validate
> framebuffer sizes. However, during PCI probe, the driver mapped BAR0
> without verifying that its size matches `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE`.
>
> If a PCI device with a BAR0 smaller than 4 MB is bound to the driver, the
> mapped VRAM will be smaller than expected. Because validation checks assume
> 4 MB VRAM, framebuffers larger than the mapped memory can be created.
>
> When the display plane is updated (e.g. during release),
> `cirrus_primary_plane_helper_atomic_update()` copies the framebuffer to
> VRAM using `drm_fb_memcpy()`. Writing past the end of the mapped I/O memory
> causes a supervisor write page fault:
>
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc9000389c000
> ...
> RIP: 0010:memcpy_toio+0x7c/0xe0 arch/x86/lib/iomem.c:110
> ...
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> iosys_map_memcpy_to include/linux/iosys-map.h:285 [inline]
> drm_fb_memcpy+0x325/0x5d0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_format_helper.c:442
> cirrus_primary_plane_helper_atomic_update+0x98a/0xb00
> drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c:358
> drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0x626/0xea0
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:3038
> drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x60/0x510
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1989
> commit_tail+0x2b1/0x3c0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2074
> drm_atomic_helper_commit+0xa77/0xb10
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2312
>
> Fix this by validating in `cirrus_pci_probe()` that the PCI BAR0 resource
> is not less than `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE`, returning `-ENODEV` if it is less.
>
> Fixes: ab3e023b1b4c ("drm/cirrus: rewrite and modernize driver.")
> Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.6-flash Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview syzbot
> Reported-by: syzbot+2442951a6abb004df963@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2442951a6abb004df963
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/ai_job?id=ba262a3a-bccf-4ad8-a1b0-583c55d34fd6
> Signed-off-by: Slawomir Stepien <sst@poczta.fm>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Thanks for fixing this issue.
Best regards
Thomas
> ---
> v2:
> * move the check before aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices() as suggested by sashiko.
> * check if the pci_resource_len() for BAR0 is less than CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE as suggested by Thomas. The
> qemu emulates 4, (8 and 16 MB for compatibility) - never less than 4MB.
>
> v1:
> * https://lore.kernel.org/all/b11f8965-5896-4119-98b7-6bd0eb9fa139@mail.kernel.org/T/
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c
> index 075221b431d3..3bf23fcf6574 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c
> @@ -582,6 +582,9 @@ static int cirrus_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> struct cirrus_device *cirrus;
> int ret;
>
> + if (pci_resource_len(pdev, 0) < CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> ret = aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(pdev, cirrus_driver.name);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
--
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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2026-08-25 12:07 [PATCH v2] drm/cirrus-qemu: Validate BAR0 size during probe Slawomir Stepien
2026-08-25 12:15 ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]
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