From: "Jonghyuk Kim(MalHyuk)" <malhyuk97@gmail.com>
To: Rob Clark <robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	Dmitry Baryshkov <lumag@kernel.org>
Cc: Abhinav Kumar <abhinav.kumar@linux.dev>,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	freedreno@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drm/msm: RCU-free the scheduler-containing ring and VM objects
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 2026 10:27:20 +0900
Message-ID: <20260902012720.880783-1-malhyuk97@gmail.com>
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Both struct msm_ringbuffer and struct msm_gem_vm embed a struct
drm_gpu_scheduler.  msm_ringbuffer_destroy() and the VM free callback
msm_gem_vm_free() call drm_sched_fini() on the embedded scheduler and then
free the containing object with plain kfree().

drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name() returns fence->sched->name, and the
scheduler fence keeps a .release callback so it is not ops-detached on
signalling.  A finished fence exported to userspace (the submit out-fence, or
a VM_BIND fence, via sync_file / drm_syncobj) keeps pointing at the embedded
scheduler after the ring/VM is freed, so a later get_timeline_name() --
reachable unprivileged through SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO -- dereferences freed slab
memory (KASAN slab-use-after-free read).

Per the dma-fence lifetime contract the exporter must keep the data backing a
signalled fence alive for an RCU grace period.  Free the scheduler-containing
objects with kfree_rcu() instead of kfree().

Fixes: 1d8a5ca436ee ("drm/msm: Conversion to drm scheduler")
Fixes: 92395af63a99 ("drm/msm: Add VM_BIND submitqueue")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonghyuk Kim(MalHyuk) <malhyuk97@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h        | 3 +++
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c    | 2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c | 2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h | 1 +
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
index 762e546d25ef..43a938e8f288 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ struct msm_gem_vm {
 	/** @base: Inherit from drm_gpuvm. */
 	struct drm_gpuvm base;
 
+	/** @rcu: RCU-delayed free so an exported sched fence->sched stays valid. */
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+
 	/**
 	 * @sched: Scheduler used for asynchronous VM_BIND request.
 	 *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c
index 3ed05ab0eeef..a427e9b331ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ msm_gem_vm_free(struct drm_gpuvm *gpuvm)
 	dma_fence_put(vm->last_fence);
 	put_pid(vm->pid);
 	kfree(vm->log);
-	kfree(vm);
+	kfree_rcu(vm, rcu);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
index 0d14c31bd4e4..a11c25fb4608 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
@@ -138,5 +138,5 @@ void msm_ringbuffer_destroy(struct msm_ringbuffer *ring)
 
 	msm_gem_kernel_put(ring->bo, ring->gpu->vm);
 
-	kfree(ring);
+	kfree_rcu(ring, rcu);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
index 28ca8c9f7463..05206f523eba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct msm_ringbuffer {
 	/*
 	 * The job scheduler for this ring.
 	 */
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 	struct drm_gpu_scheduler sched;
 
 	/*