From: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@sina.com>
To: syzbot+cba1a1f459230395a076@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com,
sumit.semwal@linaro.org, christian.koenig@amd.com,
phasta@kernel.org, robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com
Subject: [PATCH] dma-buf/sw_sync: Optimize the retrieval of fence reference counts
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 12:14:46 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105041446.51979-1-eadavis@sina.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6aead2eb.3c6f2eba.20048d.0000.GAE@google.com>
There is a race condition between closing a sync file and the SW_SYNC_IOC_INC
operation on a sync obj. When a fence is created via SW_SYNC_IOC_CREATE_FENCE,
its reference count is initialized to 1. When the sync file is closed, the
fence's reference count drops to 0. A race occurs if SW_SYNC_IOC_INC accesses
the fence whose ref count has already reached 0 before dma_fence_release()
calls timeline_fence_release() to erase the corresponding pt_tree node from
the sync object, potentially hitting:
refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/refcount.c:34!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
Call Trace:
kref_get include/linux/kref.h:45 [inline]
dma_fence_get include/linux/dma-fence.h:323 [inline]
sync_timeline_signal+0x6d9/0x8a0 drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c:224
sw_sync_ioctl_inc drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c:405 [inline]
sw_sync_ioctl+0x7b4/0x13f0 drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c:470
Use kref_get_unless_zero() to optimize dma_get_fence(), in order to avoid
acquiring an object with a reference count of 0.
Fixes: e531fdb5cd5e ("dma-buf/sw_sync: Avoid recursive lock during fence signal")
Reported-by: syzbot+cba1a1f459230395a076@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=cba1a1f459230395a076
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@sina.com>
---
drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/dma-fence.h | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
index 8df20b0218a9..ad60ad5e5cd9 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ static void sync_timeline_signal(struct sync_timeline *obj, unsigned int inc)
if (!timeline_fence_signaled(&pt->base))
break;
- dma_fence_get(&pt->base);
+ if (!dma_fence_get(&pt->base))
+ continue;
list_move_tail(&pt->link, &signalled);
rb_erase(&pt->node, &obj->pt_tree);
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
index dd07d128adc3..4d885c8e1d4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
@@ -320,8 +320,9 @@ static inline void dma_fence_put(struct dma_fence *fence)
static inline struct dma_fence *dma_fence_get(struct dma_fence *fence)
{
if (fence)
- kref_get(&fence->refcount);
- return fence;
+ if (kref_get_unless_zero(&fence->refcount))
+ return fence;
+ return NULL;
}
/**
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-05 4:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-04 6:38 [syzbot] [media?] [dri?] kernel BUG in sync_timeline_signal syzbot
2026-11-05 3:31 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-11-05 3:31 ` syzbot
2026-11-05 3:34 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-11-05 5:44 ` syzbot
2026-11-05 4:14 ` Edward Adam Davis [this message]
2026-11-05 5:16 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-11-05 5:58 ` syzbot
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