[PATCH v2] drm/gem: Fix mmap fake offset handling for drm_gem_object_funcs.mmap
Gerd Hoffmann
kraxel at redhat.com
Wed Nov 20 12:18:48 UTC 2019
Hi,
> > > I think for ttm just consistently using the one per-device mapping for
> > > everything, with all the fake offsets, is probably the quickest route.
> >
> > Hmm, not clear how to fit dmabufs into this. dmabufs already have their
> > own file, inode and address space. I'm not sure you can switch that
> > over to the per-device mapping in the first place, and even if you can I
> > have my doubts this is a good idea from a security point of view ...
>
> You can (plenty drivers do that already),
Have pointer(s) to code?
> and not sure how that breaks
> security?
Go try mmap(fake-offset) on the dma-buf file handle to access other
buffers of the drm device? Hmm, thinking again, I guess the
verify-access restrictions should prevent that.
cheers,
Gerd
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