NULL TTM backing in the PRIME import callback

NULL TTM backing in the PRIME import callback

[潘煜杭]

Hello,

GPT-6-Luna assisted with the initial analysis and drafting the proposed fix.
I am responsible for this report.

I found a NULL-pointer page fault in vmw_gem_object_get_sg_table() during a
PRIME fd-to-handle import in the Linux 7.1.5 fuzz setup. The callback
assumes that the GEM object has a valid TTM translation table, but the crashing
object has `bo->ttm == NULL`.

The crash excerpt is:

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000088
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  RIP: vmw_gem_object_get_sg_table+0x2f/0xa0
  CR2: 0000000000000088
  RBP: 0000000000000000
  Code: ... <4c> 8b a5 88 00 00 00 ...
  Call Trace:
    vmw_gem_object_get_sg_table
    drm_gem_map_dma_buf
    dma_buf_map_attachment
    dma_buf_map_attachment_unlocked
    drm_gem_prime_import_dev
    drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle
    vmw_prime_fd_to_handle
    drm_prime_fd_to_handle_ioctl
    drm_ioctl
    vmw_unlocked_ioctl
    __x64_sys_ioctl

The faulting instruction reads `[RBP + 0x88]`; the recorded RBP is zero, so
the attempted read is from address 0x88. In `struct vmw_ttm_tt`, `dma_ttm` is
the first member. Therefore `container_of(bo->ttm, struct vmw_ttm_tt,
dma_ttm)` evaluates to a NULL-based `vmw_tt` when `bo->ttm` is NULL. The next
source access, `vmw_tt->vsgt.sgt`, reads a member at offset 0x88, matching the
fault address and the instruction in the log.

The crash is reached through these steps:

  1. Userspace issues DRM_IOCTL_PRIME_FD_TO_HANDLE with the exported dma-buf fd.
  2. vmw_prime_fd_to_handle() enters drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle() and
     drm_gem_prime_import_dev() to attach/map the dma-buf for this DRM device.
  3. dma_buf_map_attachment() invokes the dma-buf map callback;
     drm_gem_map_dma_buf() obtains the exporting GEM object and calls its
     get_sg_table operation.
  4. The vmwgfx get_sg_table callback, vmw_gem_object_get_sg_table(), obtains
     the TTM BO and derives vmw_tt from bo->ttm without checking it.
  5. Since bo->ttm is NULL in the crashing state, vmw_tt is NULL; reading
     vmw_tt->vsgt.sgt accesses NULL + 0x88 and raises the page fault.

The corresponding source-level call path is:

  __x64_sys_ioctl
    -> vmw_unlocked_ioctl()
    -> drm_ioctl()
    -> drm_prime_fd_to_handle_ioctl()
    -> vmw_prime_fd_to_handle()
    -> drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle()
    -> drm_gem_prime_import_dev()
    -> dma_buf_map_attachment()
    -> drm_gem_map_dma_buf()
    -> vmw_gem_object_get_sg_table()
    -> container_of(bo->ttm, struct vmw_ttm_tt, dma_ttm)
    -> vmw_tt->vsgt.sgt  /* NULL + 0x88 read */

The reproducer creates a dumb GEM object, exports it as a PRIME fd, and then
imports that fd with DRM_IOCTL_PRIME_FD_TO_HANDLE. A tested source reproducer
is available and can be provided privately to the maintainers.

The patch below checks `bo->ttm` before using it with container_of() and
returns -EINVAL through the DRM PRIME error path when the backing is absent.
This is confirmed in the stated QEMU run; it has not been verified on
physical VMware hardware. The patch passes `git apply --check`; runtime
regression testing has not yet been performed.

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_gem.c
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_gem.c
@@ -70,8 +70,12 @@ static struct sg_table *vmw_gem_object_get_sg_table(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 static struct sg_table *vmw_gem_object_get_sg_table(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
  struct ttm_buffer_object *bo = drm_gem_ttm_of_gem(obj);
- struct vmw_ttm_tt *vmw_tt =
-   container_of(bo->ttm, struct vmw_ttm_tt, dma_ttm);
+ struct vmw_ttm_tt *vmw_tt;
+
+ if (unlikely(!bo->ttm))
+   return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ vmw_tt = container_of(bo->ttm, struct vmw_ttm_tt, dma_ttm);
 
  if (vmw_tt->vsgt.sgt)
    return vmw_tt->vsgt.sgt;

Regards,
Yuhang Pan
242270054@hdu.edu.cn

Re: NULL TTM backing in the PRIME import callback

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 05:32:21PM +0800, 潘煜杭 wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> GPT-6-Luna assisted with the initial analysis and drafting the proposed fix.
> I am responsible for this report.

Great, then please turn this into a patch that can be applied as you
sent this in public and it would probably be good to get it resolved.

thanks,

greg k-h