> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tuo Li <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 11:19 AM
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> [email protected]; Tuo Li <[email protected]>; BassCheck
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: [PATCH] drm/exynos: fix a possible null-pointer dereference due
> to data race in exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable()
> 
> The variable crtc->state->event is often protected by the lock
> crtc->dev->event_lock when is accessed. However, it is accessed as a
> condition of an if statement in exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable() without
> holding the lock:
> 
>   if (crtc->state->event && !crtc->state->active)
> 
> However, if crtc->state->event is changed to NULL by another thread right
> after the conditions of the if statement is checked to be true, a
> null-pointer dereference can occur in drm_crtc_send_vblank_event():
> 
>   e->pipe = pipe;
> 
> To fix this possible null-pointer dereference caused by data race, the
> spin lock coverage is extended to protect the if statement as well as the
> function call to drm_crtc_send_vblank_event().
> 
> Reported-by: BassCheck <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <[email protected]>

Applied.

Thanks,
Inki Dae

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c
> index 4153f302de7c..d19e796c2061 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_crtc.c
> @@ -39,13 +39,12 @@ static void exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable(struct
> drm_crtc *crtc,
>       if (exynos_crtc->ops->atomic_disable)
>               exynos_crtc->ops->atomic_disable(exynos_crtc);
> 
> +     spin_lock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
>       if (crtc->state->event && !crtc->state->active) {
> -             spin_lock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
>               drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(crtc, crtc->state->event);
> -             spin_unlock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
> -
>               crtc->state->event = NULL;
>       }
> +     spin_unlock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
>  }
> 
>  static int exynos_crtc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
> --
> 2.34.1


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