[PATCH] drm/sched: Fix UAF in drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name()
Rob Clark
robdclark at gmail.com
Fri May 9 21:29:36 UTC 2025
From: Rob Clark <robdclark at chromium.org>
The fence can outlive the sched, so it is not safe to dereference the
sched in drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name()
Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark at chromium.org>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c | 3 ++-
include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
index e971528504a5..4e529c3ba6d4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static const char *drm_sched_fence_get_driver_name(struct dma_fence *fence)
static const char *drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name(struct dma_fence *f)
{
struct drm_sched_fence *fence = to_drm_sched_fence(f);
- return (const char *)fence->sched->name;
+ return fence->name;
}
static void drm_sched_fence_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ void drm_sched_fence_init(struct drm_sched_fence *fence,
unsigned seq;
fence->sched = entity->rq->sched;
+ fence->name = fence->sched->name;
seq = atomic_inc_return(&entity->fence_seq);
dma_fence_init(&fence->scheduled, &drm_sched_fence_ops_scheduled,
&fence->lock, entity->fence_context, seq);
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index 0ae108f6fcaf..d830ffe083f1 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ struct drm_sched_fence {
/**
* @sched: the scheduler instance to which the job having this struct
* belongs to.
+ *
+ * Some care must be taken as to where the sched is derefed, as the
+ * fence can outlive the sched.
*/
struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched;
/**
@@ -305,6 +308,14 @@ struct drm_sched_fence {
* @owner: job owner for debugging
*/
void *owner;
+
+ /**
+ * @name: the timeline name
+ *
+ * This comes from the @sched, but since the fence can outlive the
+ * sched, we need to keep our own copy.
+ */
+ const char *name;
};
struct drm_sched_fence *to_drm_sched_fence(struct dma_fence *f);
--
2.49.0
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