* [PATCH] drm/meson: fix NULL pointer dereference in meson_drv_bind_master()
@ 2026-11-11 9:16 Rand Deeb
2026-11-11 9:31 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Rand Deeb @ 2026-11-11 9:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Neil Armstrong, dri-devel
Cc: Martin Blumenstingl, Kevin Hilman, Jerome Brunet,
Maarten Lankhorst, Maxime Ripard, Thomas Zimmermann,
David Airlie, Simona Vetter, Nicolas Belin, linux-amlogic,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable, deeb.rand, shda,
lvc-project, Rand Deeb
If the allocation of priv fails, meson_drv_bind_master() jumps to the
free_drm label, which calls meson_encoder_{dsi,hdmi,cvbs}_remove() with
a NULL priv. These functions dereference priv, so the error path oopses
instead of returning -ENOMEM.
Only the drm device has been allocated at that point, so put it and
return directly.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Compile tested only.
Fixes: 6a044642988b ("drm/meson: fix unbind path if HDMI fails to bind")
Signed-off-by: Rand Deeb <rand.sec96@gmail.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
index 38bf2811d..a9b707062 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ static int meson_drv_bind_master(struct device *dev, bool has_components)
priv = devm_kzalloc_obj(dev, *priv);
if (!priv) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto free_drm;
+ drm_dev_put(drm);
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
drm->dev_private = priv;
priv->drm = drm;
base-commit: b3dfbde62cf1981c4638939c159dfd087b7a72e9
--
2.39.5
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2026-11-11 9:16 [PATCH] drm/meson: fix NULL pointer dereference in meson_drv_bind_master() Rand Deeb
@ 2026-11-11 9:31 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: sashiko-bot @ 2026-11-11 9:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rand Deeb, dri-devel; +Cc: linux-amlogic, neil.armstrong
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found no new issues
in this patch, but noticed 1 related pre-existing issue it does not
introduce:
- [Critical] drm/meson: missing drm_kms_helper_poll_fini() on error in
meson_drv_bind_master() [1]
--
commit 79a6a19243f321e0c18a04ea82e4aefcdcacddf4
Author: Rand Deeb <rand.sec96@gmail.com>
drm/meson: fix NULL pointer dereference in meson_drv_bind_master()
This commit avoids jumping to free_drm when allocating priv fails in
meson_drv_bind_master(), directly putting the drm device and returning -ENOMEM
so encoder removal helpers are not called with a NULL priv.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
> index 38bf2811d068d..a9b707062b4f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c
> @@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ static int meson_drv_bind_master(struct device *dev, bool has_components)
>
> priv = devm_kzalloc_obj(dev, *priv);
> if (!priv) {
> - ret = -ENOMEM;
> - goto free_drm;
> + drm_dev_put(drm);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> }
> drm->dev_private = priv;
> priv->drm = drm;
[Severity: Critical]
This problem wasn't introduced by this patch, but can a failure in
drm_dev_register() cause a use-after-free on
drm->mode_config.output_poll_work [1]?
drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c:meson_drv_bind_master() {
...
drm_kms_helper_poll_init(drm);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
ret = drm_dev_register(drm, 0);
if (ret)
goto uninstall_irq;
...
uninstall_irq:
free_irq(priv->vsync_irq, drm);
}
When drm_dev_register() fails, jumping to uninstall_irq reaches
drm_dev_put() without calling drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(), leaving
output_poll_work active after the drm_device is freed.
[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-e1c69353-dace-476d-bef2-4ab1c205215c
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