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Hi Christian,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koenig, Christian <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2026 7:43 PM
> To: SHANMUGAM, SRINIVASAN <[email protected]>;
> Deucher, Alexander <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu: Fix NULL bo_va dereference in VA clear
> path
>
> On 3/24/26 14:57, Srinivasan Shanmugam wrote:
> > amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl() can call amdgpu_gem_va_update_vm() with bo_va ==
> > NULL for AMDGPU_VA_OP_CLEAR.
> >
> > CLEAR operates on a VM address range and is not associated with a
> > specific BO. In this case, the update helper should perform only
> > VM-level updates and must not access BO-specific fields.
> >
> > Currently, bo_va may be dereferenced in the MAP/REPLACE handling paths
> > without explicitly guarding against NULL, which can lead to a NULL
> > pointer dereference when CLEAR is processed.
> >
> > Fix this by making amdgpu_gem_va_update_vm() explicitly handle bo_va
> > == NULL:
> > - Guard BO-specific accesses with bo_va checks
> > - Warn if MAP/REPLACE ever reaches the helper with NULL bo_va
> > - Keep VM update path unchanged for CLEAR
> >
> > This keeps CLEAR on the common update path while ensuring safe
> > handling of NULL bo_va.
> >
> > Crash signature:
> > [  325.716062] [IGT] amd_bo: executing [  325.779102]
> >
> ============================================================
> ======
> > [  325.786483] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in
> > amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x380/0x1130 [amdgpu] [  325.795105] Write of size
> > 4 at addr 0000000000000000 by task amd_bo/7893 [  325.801997] [
> > 325.803595] CPU: 12 UID: 0 PID: 7893 Comm: amd_bo Not tainted
> > 6.19.0-1314135.2.zuul.928a0cbbebc74c4f8d5a99a4d0a7ca55 #1
> > PREEMPT(voluntary) [  325.803602] Hardware name: TYAN B8021G88V2HR-
> 2T/S8021GM2NR-2T, BIOS V1.03.B10 04/01/2019 [  325.803606] Call Trace:
> > [  325.803609]  <TASK>
> > [  325.803612]  dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80 [  325.803623]
> > kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0 [  325.803631]  ?
> > amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x380/0x1130 [amdgpu] [  325.804427]
> > kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0 [  325.804432]
> > amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x380/0x1130 [amdgpu] [  325.805229]  ?
> > __pfx_amdgpu_gem_create_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu] [  325.806022]  ?
> > __pfx_amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu] [  325.806815]  ?
> > __pfx___drm_dev_dbg+0x10/0x10 [drm] [  325.806894]  ?
> > __pfx_amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu] [  325.807686]
> > drm_ioctl_kernel+0x13d/0x2b0 [drm] [  325.807767]  ?
> > __pfx_file_has_perm+0x10/0x10 [  325.807777]  ?
> > __pfx_drm_ioctl_kernel+0x10/0x10 [drm] [  325.807857]
> > drm_ioctl+0x4be/0xae0 [drm] [  325.807936]  ?
> > __pfx_amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu] [  325.808728]  ?
> > __pfx_sock_write_iter+0x10/0x10 [  325.808737]  ?
> > __pfx_drm_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [drm] [  325.808816]  ?
> > ioctl_has_perm.constprop.0.isra.0+0x2ad/0x490
> > [  325.808823]  ? __pfx_ioctl_has_perm.constprop.0.isra.0+0x10/0x10
> > [  325.808827]  ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x86/0xd0 [  325.808835]  ?
> > __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
> > [  325.808841]  amdgpu_drm_ioctl+0xce/0x180 [amdgpu] [  325.809622]
> > __x64_sys_ioctl+0x139/0x1c0 [  325.809630]  do_syscall_64+0x64/0x880 [
> > 325.809638]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
> > [  325.809645] RIP: 0033:0x7f205fd12e1d [  325.809650] Code: 04 25 28
> > 00 00 00 48 89 45 c8 31 c0 48 8d 45 10 c7 45 b0 10 00 00 00 48 89 45
> > b8 48 8d 45 d0 48 89 45 c0 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <89> c2 3d 00 f0 ff ff
> > 77 1a 48 8b 45 c8 64 48 2b 04 25 28 00 00 00 [  325.809654] RSP:
> > 002b:00007ffe9032b510 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 [
> > 325.809660] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX:
> > 00007f205fd12e1d [  325.809663] RDX: 00007ffe9032b5b0 RSI:
> > 00000000c0406448 RDI: 0000000000000006 [  325.809665] RBP:
> > 00007ffe9032b560 R08: 0000000100000000 R09: 000000000000000e [
> > 325.809668] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12:
> > 00000000c0406448 [  325.809670] R13: 0000000000000006 R14:
> > 0000000000001000 R15: 0000000000000001 [  325.809675]  </TASK> [
> > 325.809678]
> >
> ============================================================
> ======
> >
> > Fixes: dc54d3d1744d ("drm/amdgpu: implement AMDGPU_VA_OP_CLEAR v2")
> > Cc: Christian König <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Alex Deucher <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Srinivasan Shanmugam <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c | 11 +++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
> > index b0ba2bdaf43a..145cb222d5cf 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
> > @@ -759,9 +759,15 @@ amdgpu_gem_va_update_vm(struct amdgpu_device
> *adev,
> >     if (r)
> >             goto error;
> >
> > -   /* For MAP/REPLACE we also need to update the BO mappings. */
> > +    /* For MAP/REPLACE we also need to update the BO mappings.
> > +     * CLEAR operates on the VM address range only and can come in with
> > +     * bo_va == NULL.
> > +     */
> >     if (operation == AMDGPU_VA_OP_MAP ||
> >         operation == AMDGPU_VA_OP_REPLACE) {
> > +           if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!bo_va))
> > +                   goto error;
> > +
> >             r = amdgpu_vm_bo_update(adev, bo_va, false);
> >             if (r)
> >                     goto error;
> > @@ -772,7 +778,8 @@ amdgpu_gem_va_update_vm(struct amdgpu_device
> *adev,
> >     if (r)
> >             goto error;
> >
> > -   if ((operation == AMDGPU_VA_OP_MAP ||
> > +   if (bo_va &&
> > +       (operation == AMDGPU_VA_OP_MAP ||
> >          operation == AMDGPU_VA_OP_REPLACE) &&
>
> Something else must be broken here. We already check operation ==
> AMDGPU_VA_OP_MAP or AMDGPU_VA_OP_REPLACE.
>
> That should be enough to Ensure that bo_va isn't NULL.

Thanks for the review and the clarification. please correct me if I am mistaken.

- For MAP/REPLACE, we are working with a real buffer (BO)
- So bo_va should always be valid in those cases
- bo_va should be NULL only for CLEAR or PRT, where no real buffer is used

Based on this, it seems the issue may not be in amdgpu_gem_va_update_vm(),
but earlier in amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl(), in the part where we decide:

- which buffer to use (abo)
- and where it is mapped (bo_va)

This is how I currently understand the flow:

1. First, we check the operation and flags

   - If it is NOT CLEAR and NOT PRT,
     we take the normal path and get the real buffer (abo) from the handle

   - Otherwise (CLEAR or PRT),
     we do not use a real buffer and set abo = NULL

2. Then we decide bo_va based on that

   - If abo exists → we find bo_va using amdgpu_vm_bo_find()
   - If not CLEAR → we use fpriv->prt_va (placeholder mapping)
   - If CLEAR → bo_va = NULL

3. After that, for MAP/UNMAP/REPLACE,
   bo_va is used directly in the corresponding helpers

From this, my understanding is:

- For MAP/REPLACE, bo_va should already be valid before calling 
amdgpu_gem_va_update_vm()
- If bo_va is NULL in MAP/REPLACE, it might indicate an issue earlier
  in how abo/bo_va are assigned, or in how the operation/flags select the path

So instead of adding additional NULL checks later,
I was thinking to look into this earlier part to understand why bo_va becomes 
NULL.

Would this be the right direction to focus on for v3?

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Srini

>
> Regards,
> Christian.
>
> >         !amdgpu_vm_is_bo_always_valid(vm, bo_va->base.bo)) {
> >

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