[PATCH] drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Am 12.02.25 um 09:49 schrieb José Expósito:
> If the driver initialization fails, the vkms_exit() function might
> access an uninitialized or freed default_config pointer and it might
> double free it.
>
> Fix both possible errors by initializing default_config only when the
> driver initialization succeeded.
>
> Reported-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet at bootlin.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z5uDHcCmAwiTsGte@louis-chauvet-laptop/
> Fixes: 2df7af93fdad ("drm/vkms: Add vkms_config type")
> Signed-off-by: José Expósito <jose.exposito89 at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmremann at suse.de>

Thanks for posting this patch separately.

Best regards
Thomas

> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c | 15 +++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
> index 7c142bfc3bd9..b6de91134a22 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
> @@ -235,17 +235,19 @@ static int __init vkms_init(void)
>   	if (!config)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
> -	default_config = config;
> -
>   	config->cursor = enable_cursor;
>   	config->writeback = enable_writeback;
>   	config->overlay = enable_overlay;
>   
>   	ret = vkms_create(config);
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (ret) {
>   		kfree(config);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
>   
> -	return ret;
> +	default_config = config;
> +
> +	return 0;
>   }
>   
>   static void vkms_destroy(struct vkms_config *config)
> @@ -269,9 +271,10 @@ static void vkms_destroy(struct vkms_config *config)
>   
>   static void __exit vkms_exit(void)
>   {
> -	if (default_config->dev)
> -		vkms_destroy(default_config);
> +	if (!default_config)
> +		return;
>   
> +	vkms_destroy(default_config);
>   	kfree(default_config);
>   }
>   

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
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