[PATCH] nv50_disp_chan_mthd: ensure mthd is not NULL

Frédéric Pierret frederic.pierret at qubes-os.org
Thu Feb 20 17:19:24 UTC 2020


Hi,
Is anything missing here? How can I get this merged?

Best regards,
Frédéric Pierret

On 2020-02-08 20:43, Frédéric Pierret wrote:
> Pointer to structure array is assumed not NULL by default. It has
> the consequence to raise a kernel panic when it's not the case.
> 
> Basically, running at least a RTX2080TI on Xen makes a bad mmio error
> which causes having 'mthd' pointer to be NULL in 'channv50.c'. From the
> code, it's assumed to be not NULL by accessing directly 'mthd->data[0]'
> which is the reason of the kernel panic. Simply check if the pointer
> is not NULL before continuing.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206299
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Frédéric Pierret (fepitre) <frederic.pierret at qubes-os.org>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/disp/channv50.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/disp/channv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/disp/channv50.c
> index bcf32d92ee5a..50e3539f33d2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/disp/channv50.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/disp/channv50.c
> @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ nv50_disp_chan_mthd(struct nv50_disp_chan *chan, int debug)
>  
>  	if (debug > subdev->debug)
>  		return;
> +	if (!mthd)
> +		return;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; (list = mthd->data[i].mthd) != NULL; i++) {
>  		u32 base = chan->head * mthd->addr;
> 

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