[PATCH v3] drm/fbdev-generic: prohibit potential out-of-bounds access

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Thu Apr 20 06:56:40 UTC 2023


Hi

Am 19.04.23 um 20:30 schrieb Sui Jingfeng:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2023/4/19 23:46, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Am 19.04.23 um 17:09 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
>>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 at 20:16, Sui Jingfeng <15330273260 at 189.cn> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 2023/4/19 01:52, Sui Jingfeng wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2023/4/18 16:32, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 07:32:19PM +0800, Sui Jingfeng wrote:
>>>>>>> The fbdev test of IGT may write after EOF, which lead to 
>>>>>>> out-of-bound
>>>>>>> access for the drm drivers using fbdev-generic. For example, on a 
>>>>>>> x86
>>>>>>> + aspeed bmc card platform, with a 1680x1050 resolution display,
>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>> fbdev test if IGT will cause the linux kernel hang with the 
>>>>>>> following
>>>>>>> call trace:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
>>>>>>>     [IGT] fbdev: starting subtest eof
>>>>>>>     Workqueue: events drm_fb_helper_damage_work [drm_kms_helper]
>>>>>>>     [IGT] fbdev: starting subtest nullptr
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0xa/0x20
>>>>>>>     RSP: 0018:ffffa17d40167d98 EFLAGS: 00010246
>>>>>>>     RAX: ffffa17d4eb7fa80 RBX: ffffa17d40e0aa80 RCX: 
>>>>>>> 00000000000014c0
>>>>>>>     RDX: 0000000000001a40 RSI: ffffa17d40e0b000 RDI: 
>>>>>>> ffffa17d4eb80000
>>>>>>>     RBP: ffffa17d40167e20 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 
>>>>>>> ffff89522ecff8c0
>>>>>>>     R10: ffffa17d4e4c5000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 
>>>>>>> ffffa17d4eb7fa80
>>>>>>>     R13: 0000000000001a40 R14: 000000000000041a R15: 
>>>>>>> ffffa17d40167e30
>>>>>>>     FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff895257380000(0000)
>>>>>>> knlGS:0000000000000000
>>>>>>>     CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>>>>>>>     CR2: ffffa17d40e0b000 CR3: 00000001eaeca006 CR4: 
>>>>>>> 00000000001706e0
>>>>>>>     Call Trace:
>>>>>>>      <TASK>
>>>>>>>      ? drm_fbdev_generic_helper_fb_dirty+0x207/0x330 
>>>>>>> [drm_kms_helper]
>>>>>>>      drm_fb_helper_damage_work+0x8f/0x170 [drm_kms_helper]
>>>>>>>      process_one_work+0x21f/0x430
>>>>>>>      worker_thread+0x4e/0x3c0
>>>>>>>      ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
>>>>>>>      kthread+0xf4/0x120
>>>>>>>      ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
>>>>>>>      ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50
>>>>>>>      </TASK>
>>>>>>>     CR2: ffffa17d40e0b000
>>>>>>>     ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The direct reason is that damage rectange computed by
>>>>>>> drm_fb_helper_memory_range_to_clip() does not guaranteed to be
>>>>>>> in-bound.
>>>>>>> It is already results in workaround code populate to elsewhere. 
>>>>>>> Another
>>>>>>> reason is that exposing a larger buffer size than the actual needed
>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>> to trigger this bug intrinsic in 
>>>>>>> drm_fb_helper_memory_range_to_clip().
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Others fbdev emulation solutions write to the GEM buffer 
>>>>>>> directly, they
>>>>>>> won't reproduce this bug because the .fb_dirty function callback 
>>>>>>> do not
>>>>>>> being hooked, so no chance is given to
>>>>>>> drm_fb_helper_memory_range_to_clip()
>>>>>>> to generate a out-of-bound when drm_fb_helper_sys_write() is called.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This patch break the trigger condition of this bug by shrinking the
>>>>>>> shadow
>>>>>>> buffer size to sizes->surface_height * buffer->fb->pitches[0].
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fixes: '8fbc9af55de0 ("drm/fbdev-generic: Set screen size to size of
>>>>>>> GEM
>>>>>>> buffer")'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng at loongson.cn>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c | 2 +-
>>>>>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c
>>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c
>>>>>>> index 8e5148bf40bb..b057cfbba938 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c
>>>>>>> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int
>>>>>>> drm_fbdev_generic_helper_fb_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>>>>>>>        fb_helper->buffer = buffer;
>>>>>>>        fb_helper->fb = buffer->fb;
>>>>>>>    -    screen_size = buffer->gem->size;
>>>>>>> +    screen_size = sizes->surface_height * buffer->fb->pitches[0];
>>>>>> So I read core some more and stumbled over 
>>>>>> drm_fb_helper_deferred_io().
>>>>>> Which has all the code and comments about this, including limiting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it would be clearer if we fix the issue there, instead of
>>>>>> passing
>>>>>> limits around in obscure places that then again get broken?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, it is more obscure doing that way...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As the size of the shadow screen buffer will be exposed to userspace.
>>>>>
>>>>> The size 'helper->fb->height * helper->fb->pitches[0]' is a
>>>>> exactly(best) fit,
>>>>>
>>>>> You are guaranteed to waste at lease one byte by increasing one byte,
>>>>>
>>>>> and can not store all pixels by decreasing one byte (In the case where
>>>>> `helper->fb->pitches[0] = helper->fb->width * 4`).
>>>>>
>>>>> It implicitly tell the userspace do not go beyond that boundary.
>>>>>
>>>>> although userspace program can still choose to write  after EOF,
>>>>>
>>>>> But it is for test purpose, to test the kernel if it can return a
>>>>> -EFBIG or not.
>>>>>
>>>>>> The thing is,
>>>>>> Thomas both authored the limit checks in 
>>>>>> drm_fb_helper_deferred_io() and
>>>>>> the patch which broken them again, so clearly this isn't very
>>>>>> obvious. I'm
>>>>>> thinking of something like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>>>>>> index ef4eb8b12766..726dab67c359 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>>>>>> @@ -697,10 +697,7 @@ void drm_fb_helper_deferred_io(struct fb_info
>>>>>> *info, struct list_head *pagerefli
>>>>>>         * of the screen and account for non-existing scanlines. 
>>>>>> Hence,
>>>>>>         * keep the covered memory area within the screen buffer.
>>>>>>         */
>>>>>> -    if (info->screen_size)
>>>>>> -        total_size = info->screen_size;
>>>>>> -    else
>>>>>> -        total_size = info->fix.smem_len;
>>>>>> +    total_size = helper->fb->height * helper->fb->pitches[0];
>>>>>
>>>>> This is just to mitigate the mistakes already has been made,
>>>>>
>>>>> because it  do not do a good splitting between the *clip* part and the
>>>>> *damage update* part.
>>>>>
>>>>> An ideal clipping do not obscure its updating backend with a
>>>>> out-of-bound damage rectangle.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why did the drm_fb_helper_memory_range_to_clip() can not do a good job
>>>>> in all case
>>>>>
>>>>> to pass its backend a always meaningful damage rect ?
>>>>>
>>>>>>        max_off = min(max_off, total_size);
>>>>>>          if (min_off < max_off) {
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think that would make it utmost clear on what we're doing and why.
>>>>>> Otherwise we're just going to re-create the same bug again, like 
>>>>>> we've
>>>>>> done already :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> No, we create no bugs, we fix one.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>> But honestly I do not have strong feel toward this, I just type what 
>>>> I'm
>>>> understand without seeing you resend a V3.
>>>>
>>>> It's OK in overall,  I will help to test this tomorrow.  :-)
>>>
>>> Apologies for making you jump around all the time and doing different
>>> versions of the same bugfix :-/
>>>
>>> I think this one here is ok to merge, I just thought when looking at
>>> the history that we revert the exact patch without any other changes
>>> or comments, and usually that means someone will come up with the same
>>> cleanup idea again, and then we'll have a bug again. So maybe a
>>> comment or a WARN_ON or something else would be good.
>>>
>>> I guess we could also do your patch, but put a WARN_ON that the
>>> computed total_size is never bigger than the drm_fb size into
>>> drm_fb_helper_deferred_io()? That would also make sure that this bug
>>> doesn't get resurrected again.
>>
>> We'd have to put this test into drm_fbdev_generic.c. Otherwise we'll 
>> break i915, which also uses deferred I/O, but without shadow 
>> buffering.. Maybe test in drm_fbdev_generic_helper_fb_dirty() if the 
>> clip rectangle extends the framebuffer size.
>>
> Yeah, i915 carve out part of system ram as video memory,  it is also 
> called stolen memory.
> 
> I just learned it recently from i915 related document.
> 
> 
> But from what I'm understanding, It's still RAM in its nature, just 
> reserved by firmware.
> 
> Its bandwidth is extremely high, why not write to the GEM buffer directly?
> 
> why deferred I/O pay off?

i915 doesn't use shadow buffering. I only flushes its caches in regular 
intervals: 
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fb.c#L1865 
. The actual clipping rectangle is not relevant.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> 
>> Best regards
>> Thomas
>>
>>> -Daniel
>>

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstrasse 146, 90461 Nuernberg, Germany
GF: Ivo Totev, Andrew Myers, Andrew McDonald, Boudien Moerman
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